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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-12-30
THE TARIFF

Winfield S. Hancock. II Democratic
candidate for president forty years
ago, said the tariff is n local issue.
This caused his defeat. although
many people have always thought he
was right.
But the tariff is not Il local issue.
A tariff duty on one industry may af-
feet other industries, and other in the
most unexpected was.
The tariff law recently enacted inn
poses duty on sugar. This was done
for the benefit of American sugar
growers.
But the imposition of the duty on
sugar has angered the Cuban sugar
growers. and they are talking of re-
talliation. They talk of boycotting
American goods wherever il is possi-
BILE to do so, and already they are
figuring on British coal to supplant
American coal, which is almost at
their doors. They are offering to
swap sugar for coal
The feeling may subside, and the
threatened boycott may never amount
to anything, but American coal min
ers will not relish having their busi-
ness ruined through an effort To
benefit American sugar growers.
All of which leads to the remark
that making a tariff law is an intri-
cate undertaking, and that it is nc
wonder the attempts at it so often
end in failure
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-12-30
HARD TINES

Most of us are disposed to blame
the government of other individuals
for things for which we are ourselves
to blame.
Take the recent business depress-
ion for instance, Most of US blame
somebody else for it.
But the man who spends more than
he makes, the man whose expenses
are greater than his income, will al.
ways be having hard times, no mat.
ter what kind of business conditions
are prevailing.
A prominent man will spend less
than he makes during the good times
and then when the dull times comes
he will not worry.
Most of us did not do this, and thai
is why we have heard so much com
plant about hard times.
The government may not be all thai
It ought to be, but we bring hare
times upon ourselves.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-12-30

leave leave the gents forlon =
south. sSOsn of Capricorn, Who no, ehst..l
thought may ease tbsir uust ttL
southern loss is northern s-r pain, tIss
none nor should scowl or 'trG tni, gain; q NJ
T,r i0r they have got their %i,, iu,i his brO..
w ME I, mere We wither with things nS nov.
"a, IA, ,s sweet summer SINCE. ,'n poa ppaaeunos.
, While we have snow and nd IT, oratssOaia
New N, Zealand lies knee.SsorSe S ICE /. all over,
l,%yre picking peaches IL II N clover,
;; |I'ie frost is frizzlinp panu.,,m ., tasmania
wv last years rcsolu,ionn ,timnsylvani,
'or'e rules of conduc, We bavs ,r rust ttu'ted
'''t "inee the sun has mad. :, Ou''et
'"r souls with high resolva e on
burn Let's shake. Decemho. 81. sn0Oh
first, besetting sins with wa,., 'ni''
cursed, and ere We seek opr -" s".' wen
couches cut out our mesnns.. w, ~
grOuches, a"u GU
BOB ADANsl
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-12-30
DODGING

If you want to rise to the top in
your business or your line of work,
you must have the quality of accept
ing responsibility instead of evading
it.
The man with tendency to pass
the buck" usually finds that his lad
der of success has but one rung.
Business will stand for almost any
thing from man who has the cour-
age to say, "Ies, that's my fault
But won't make this mistake again.
The man who attempts to place the
blame for his mistakes or shortcom-
ings upon other people or upon exist
ing conditions will never get very
far
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-12-30

eral reserve bank for deflation when
it was passed with the idea that il
would prevent that?
rrAs
Oklahoma needs a democratic rep
rc-cntation in congress. Not from a
purely partisan standpoint but for
the reason that this is democratic
country. The insular people Of this
republic are democrats. They ought
20 be Oklahomans need men at Wa an
ing,on who speak the languages of
the wet. They necessarily haze to
he democrats to speak that language
for Republicanism is so linked around
Wall street that there can be no dis-
association.
President Harding says that we
are. as a nation. doing tolerably well.
That is polite way of telling us we
are rather i'll and no one knows what
is the matter with us.
nsss
The Okmulgee Times opposes Man
uel Herrick as the Republican guber-
Material nominee. Why? Has not
Manuel continued to acquire fame
He certainly ought to be strong
Republican for he won accidentally
and expediently and that is Republi-
canism in the last analysis.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-12-30
THE NEW YEAR

A year is an arbitrary division of
time, made for the purpose of en-.
abling us to keep track Of the pass
ing events of history.
The beginning of new year, of
New Years Day, is no more impor-
tant that any other day. but because
it marks the beginning of a new year
we are accustomed to make it a spec
ial day.
This is the time for reviewing the
past, and making plans for the fu-
ture. We cannot plan intelligently
for the future unless we keep in mind
what has gone behind. .."
So, when we come to make. our
new year resolutions, we must if we
are to act intelligently, spend some
little time in looking backward.
What have we done during the past
year? And how have we done it?
What have been our successes? What
have been our failures?
Why did we succeed? Why did we
fail?
These are deep question, but we
must meet them and answer them
honestly, to ourselves at least, if we
are to make the new year better in
any particular than the one just end
ed.
All of us want success, but not all
Of us will be permitted to achieve it,
It was wise old philosopher who
sey mn xt,tth hn nf
man to command success, Sempron-
ius; but we can do more, we can de-
serve it."
And during this coming new year
we can, all if us, strive to deserve
success in whatever it is that we do.
The effort to deserve success will
keep us so busy that we will have lit
tie time for wondering if we are near
ing success, and if we go at it in the
right way we can get Su much enjoy
ment out of the effort to deserve sue
cess that it won't matter very much
whether we achieve what is regarded
as success or not.
What is success, anyway?
A great many people now believe
that success consists not in what We
get out of life AS in what we pue into
life. More and more people are be-
lieveing this year, and are spend
ing their lives on this basis.
And it is the people of this kline
who make the world go forward.
People who live selfish lives, whose
efforts are devoted solely to acquir.
ing for themselves with out thought
of service to others, do not advance
the world or' any good cause in it,
The success of the selfish man, ever
if he achieves what may he callcC
success, is a bitter thing 1t gives M
pleasure to him or to anybody else
He is Il man whom nobody loves oi
envics, or strives To emulate.
The greatest success in the worlC
is to lead II clean. useful life. If =
man does this he will be- happy anC
cOntented. no matter what his work
OF his station.
And if we make resolution. on
the coming year New Years Day, tc
lead life of this kind during the
coming year, there will he no need tc
worry about anything else. All the
other things will take care of them
selves.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-12-30
FollOlcing Machines W'
On 10 Days Free Trial

f. F. Cowan. Bokchito.
Floyd Hagood, City.
A. L. Yandell, Blue.
J. w. Powell. Bokchito. -
Plenty of DeLaval's in S'oCN oH "
let out on ten days free trial. no oUol 20
legation whatever. The pei>aa~ aa~-
will speak for itself. Buying a 1ts Sep
arator on easy monthly paymenU.os'
year to pay is not like buying. s,E III.
ceries. gasoline. soda-pop anu ,.al a.
day suckers on credit. \ peLH ;n
Separator will put read! v', eek
your pocket every day IN 'I'
80 weeks in the year, -o,or
If YOU never used a Sepa how
come in and let us sho" you % 'Sar
simple a DeLaval is. Come Ia
get ready for the new year
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-12-30

1t is a good rule not to criticize a
man who is doing thing unless you
have proven that you can do the thing
better than he is doing it. If all of us
should follow this rule there would be
mighty little criticism in the world.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-12-30

We think our neighbor's dog
shouldn't bark when we want to sleep
And our neighbor thinks we shouldn't
want to sleep when his dog wants to
bark.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-12-30
The New Years Sun

l send the joyful message forth
that good old Sol is coming north.
He paused upon his southwark track,
l gather from the almanac, then slow
ly, surely started back. o soon he'll
quit those far off geezers, the south
ern Antipodesers, and they in turn
will be the freezers. But though he
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-12-30
DISARMAMENT

AS this is written. it begins to look
as if the disarmament conference at
Washington will not reach an agree
ment as to the reduction of the mill
tary establishment Of the nations Of
the world.
Complications have arisen which
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-12-30

rltl nill, TN OF lne NdtlOnal lJc-
mo.ratir Press Bureau, Oklahoma
DiviSiunl
Uhlahuman> will not err again in
he ,clcction of legislative agents al
Was ashington. Fortunately we can
remedy the lower house mistake at
once upstairs we will have to endure
:. littl" while longer
s+%n
Senators Borah and Reed can not
distinguish the difference between a
Harding association of nations and
he Wilson league Of nations. Neither
can anybody else President Wilson
was an outstanding figure for his
league and President Harding under
took the same thing by circuitious
route, coming in through the back
door.
People living within 100 miles of
oklahoma City can now ship in four
steers get pair of shoes for them.
OF course that must mean that the
freight rates is correctly figured
Republican normalcy grows apace
A&A+
President Harding has promised
the people to do something for them
if they will be patient. Colonel Job
was the most patient man, but even
he protested that his sores were
painful beyond power of expression.
Senator Owen, author of the feder-
al reserve syster, charges that the
board is conducting affairs contrary
TO the meaning of the law. We all
know that the board took money to
Wall street and that was not intended
the very opposite was intended. Is
it not rather remarkable that this
has conducted the fed
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-12-30

Talk about luck. A man in Balti-
more sued for damages for being run
over by an automobile and got enough
money to buy one of his own.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-12-30

In China talkative women are
drowned. And yet, exclaims the Reno
Gazette, we send missionaries to
China.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-12-30

write as you feel" advised Norma
Talmage II some editors did this
their papers would be executed from
the mails.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-12-30

Democracy is all right, but the
young man who doesn't believe in a
monarchial system of government had
better not get married.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-12-30

Clovc- are still being sold, for there
are few old-fashioned women left
who put up their own pickles.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-12-30

Several of the old stagers around
town have been complaining ever
since it was announced that beer could
be prescribed as medicine.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-12-30

Tom Watson may be wrong but the
Senate had just a. well make up its
mind that he is going to have the
last word,
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-12-30

There are some people, too who
think normally will not return until
the N"'.tcad act iS repealed
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-12-30

There j. no large place in the world
for the man who lodges, or pa es the
buck.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-12-30

Gentle Reader. you VINO have been buying
prunes beans and the like all this last year on the
"extortonate PLAN that is learning the price
thirty to sixty days after digestion. and who have
decided to try the cash plan with the beginning of
the year. say it is to you this *eek's Buck
Shot Border Philosophy is especially dictated
To illustrate: Suppose YOU had an old jaw tooth
that was beyond the filling stage. just an old
snag. giving you trouble, had been giving trouble
for years, and every time you started TO the Den
tist to have it pulled "dog-mycats" if the blamed
thing didn't quit hurting entirely felt good and
easy seemed like sin and shame to part with
the old sister" But suffering cats just the
minute you get home she began to cut up and be-
fore bedtime she was shootin' pains that would
unjoint the jaw of a Government mule. Only to
play the same old trick on you and over again.
Reminds Yours Truly of the average family
grocery problem. First of month when the bill
comes due they swear its outrageous and from here
out were going to pay cash
But in less than week they're back in the old
rut It's so easy" to buy on credit and then again
that awful grocery bill for last month has done
quit hurtin' now" oh yes we know its going to
hurt next first of next month again. but its so
easy now: Just send it out and charge it,
1t takes backbone, it takes will-power to walk
up to your Dentist and say. Doc this old Snag has
played its last trick on your Uncle Fuller. the
quickest way you ca yank it out is too slow for
me-.
Gentle Reader. to be perfectly frank, it is little
inconvenient to pay cash, but ask any self made
successful man in Durant or Bryan County if their
path was strewn with thorness roses.
Why not join the thrifty class next year-pay
cash, pay less and pay as YOU go.
We have enlarged our store; added new stock
new items and are prepared to give our patrons
service that will have equal in Durant or Bry-
an County.
Trade with the grocer who cares
4aW1@eS GG-Tt.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-12-30

4 bird on the table is worth sew
cral in the field.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-12-30

Happy New Yea: to everybody
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-12-30
Neu Sales

Joseph Mosser. Durant. K. NO D.
r. L. Williamson, Mead.
H. Hawkins. Durant. X. NO l.
H. Conine. Blue.
r. F. Woodward. Roberta.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-12-30
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1T TAKES LIVE FISH TO SWIM UP STREAM
OUR CREAM STATION
BOB ADAMsl

Opened for business on October
22nd. Has been in operation little
more than two months. We have
shipped up to Tuesday. December
eth. 2050 gallons of cream con.
tanning 4.713 lbs. of butter fat for
which we paid our patrons in cash
$1,739.2O.
Reminds Yours Truly" of the
old-timer when he saw his first To-
comotive. he said, The blamed
thing will never run" However af-
ter she had received her supply of
fuel. water and sand the engineer
mounted his cab pulled open the
throttle and she shot down the new
steel rails like a cannon-hall. The
old-timer flung his hat to the
ground. pulled his thin ocks of hair
and yelled. by heck they'll never
get her stopped"
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-12-30
Sales Previously Reported

J. E. Kennedy. Durant, K. NO. =
r. b. Beal, 3 miles West,
w. b. Hutton. . miles North
Ben G.. Brown, City.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-12-30
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Democratic Darts
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from hull, tin Of the National De
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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-12-30

On Nov. II
We received
our first ship
ment of Della
val Gre a M
Separators
and are pleas
ed TO report
nine sales out
right and four
at present out
on trial.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-12-30
RUDE RURAL RHYMES

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Douglas Island news., 1921-04-29
NOTED AUTHOR
 IS TO VISIT NORTH
Wm Gather Material for Story Of His Life in Southeastern
 Alaska This Year

Dr. s Hau Yome former Aas- kan missionary and author Of soy- crai books on AIoasa that have ra.u- cd largo ale. is ,o visit Alasaa tlIa year and win cover much of Che ooast urea gathering material for now book chat hc win write soon. The Kctcb.kan Chronicle tells ot his proposed visit as fol'ova
 Writing to his sIstcr-iu-iaw. Mrs. J. w. Young Of Notchkou Che Row. s Uu Young. noted Presbyterian minister. missionary and author gives hc word Chat hc is Co mako a trip to Alaska. this yoar Two paragraphs of bis letter which lal of his plans .arc os follows.
 "I am going Co Alaska for Che
 ummcr J start April 2C and shall stop for Sunday May lst n Wyom.ue and from there shall go to Seattle Aftor a fsw days thero looking over my books. papere, and other goods. shall take Che steamer to Wanrc.l SO you may expect to gee me at KotchIkn about May 70 to 10th. ] shall only be able to
 stop while Che steamer is thorc however. and shall hurry on Go Wrauecu. expect Co bc ot Wrau- roI for two months or so until Dr. D.vou. coming from Nonana. arrives After hat hope to visit sItka. Juneau sborwoy and other points i'm Southeastern Alaska My chief object In going is to gather material for my new big book on my life in soutboastorn Alaska.
 wn the nll about Sept lst , expect to sail for Che westward to Seward. Anchorage and seldovIa. At Che latter placc hope Go meet party Of rich hunters who are Co pay my expenses in consideration of my making arrangements for moose and big bear hunt shall return Go New York about Doccm- ber ist"
Douglas Island news., 1921-04-29
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and both mon iumled Co thcIr rcot For a momon. thoy stood facing oach othcr uro flashing from thcir oycf Simultaneously a realization of tho'r positions flashed acrow their mind.
 slowly hoy relaxed and slowly hcg crch slid into tho.r chairs whore folding their arms ou Che table. cach leaned forward until hIs hcad TO- cuaol on h.s folded arms For a long time thcy remained iu chat DOC s't.on. each sorry for hia impotuo..ly
 and o1ch anxious Co relieve Che ten- sion with which Che occasion was rmrht Finally and together each head was slightly raised and two pairs of mild and kindly eyes each looked into a blushing and contrito
 aco. For some t.mc neither man spoke and Che silence was becoming somewhat oppressive when Che goy- orn0r of North Carolina broke Che silence with Che remark "lts a long umo between drinks" The iug was tipped the discussion resumed on a more amicablc basis. Che dispute was satisfactorily settled. has remained settled. two sovereign states hayc been on friendly terms ever since. and Che famous remark ot tbc eoy- crnor Of North Carolina to Che eov- cr0or of South Carolina suu lives and Is frequently repeated where two or thrcc are gathered together
 At th.a writing Che Stroller has uo idca who Che next governor Of Alaska win be- He may be am Alas kan. am outsider. Mede or Persian. But whoever or whatever he is. he can borrow anything Che Stroller ouus from desk apurs to private sum- and he can oall on us at amy Hmc to herd his kids while he and h.s wife take m-tbo movies. Also. WIG win throw him a rope any ,imo he desires to be cNtrIcatad from au eddy Into which he inadvertently
 ,cored Jbc ship oi state. Likewise. and to assist him iu dealing with Che various female committees Chat win
 al on him from tmo to ume Che Stroller win supply him with a copy ol ha famous book entitled. "Icart Jo Heart Talks W.th Nothers'
Douglas Island news., 1921-04-29
SOUR DOUGH NOTES
Happenings on Douglas Island Twenty Years Ago This Week
 From News Files

On account Of smallpox being prevalent Q, uoonah and thore were aomc HupIoiom looking casca in Che Douglas native village. a quaran- une was established on Douglas lsl- and
 w. T Armstrong was domonairat- mg a go'd-my.ug machine that It was said gould treat a ton Of gravel ou a barrel Of water
 Three men had to Doe taken forc.bIy away from tho table at tho Now England dinner given by Che ladies Of Che Congregational church.
 The Dominion gambling house at Dawson went broke. The house lost
Douglas Island news., 1921-04-29

In the death of Mrs. Zimmerman, Doug las Island lost one of its best known and best liked citizens. She was real "h home folks" Realizing that her end was near her one desire was to return to the place where she had spent most of her life, to die among her friends. The sympathy of all goes out to those who are left behind.
Douglas Island news., 1921-04-29
PROMOTED

Lieut. Com. N. IT, Heck. in com mand of Che Coast and Gcodctlc Sur ycy boat Explorer. has been pro- noted Go tho rank Of commander. dating from March 10 last He has also been made chief Of the Bureau of Terrestrial Magnetism Of tho Coast and Goodouc Survey
 Capt. Heck who is now in thc waters adjacent Co Douglas with his ship. win continue his present as- sirnmcnt before taking up his new duties.
Douglas Island news., 1921-04-29
SCHOOL PLAY

Many from Douglas attended Che presentation of Che play "Thc Man ou the Box" by Che Senior Class Of Che Juneau High School on last Erie day afternoon and night at Che Ju- noau Coliseum. Those who attend cd said Che presentation was un- usually good for amateurs.
Douglas Island news., 1921-04-29

X trial shipment of one hundred toms of Alaska pulp has now gone south and It IS hoped that when the steamship companies scc bc advantage of encouraging the m- dus.ry To build up southbound tonnage for their boats, they win make further rcduc- lion over 5000 a ton on the commodity
Douglas Island news., 1921-04-29

Oh. you "mu.r O. the Mlls.' How many bones an. pulled m thy name. Ey- .r..m- mus. bc w.d. open ou Sunday tor thy MraWmu- tae only oversight bee u- that the h.. does not provide for a steering eum.uc. to show thee around and run ..oca-aIus, skin games where thou caa-t b. separated from thy gold dus,-lf thou hast any.
Douglas Island news., 1921-04-29

One more probability for the governor ship of Alaska has bccn removed with the appointment of Col Charles Forbes of Spo- >uuc as director of the War Risk Insurance Bureau A capctbag governor would have many more troubles than a man who IS re- spousbIc for the adjustment of the rights of a few million cN-soIdicrs.
Douglas Island news., 1921-04-29

Among tue recent recruits in the ranks of t.. ~ua,.rs" .r. Jim ud George, and am outsider will occupy the gubcmatoriaI seat In Alaska. T. Is a law of philosophy that when two bodies o. equal weight and urr.eu together they fan to thc ground AnI -Wr>" mI IIaz.lct certainly met head ou. under uI sail aud hitting ou aI tucr..micrs. lt is just as well that both were eliminated. although it is miortm- ar. that t.c position Is uot to be filled by ou. familiar with thc Territory and rou- rersm with h.r conditions But we will -ln he ou t.o iob ul amy time the new governor fouls hi, Imc he win bc at liberty to cau u u> uJ we will aId him in thc uu-.-. %. li,omm4Iemut and when he realizes that we mcv with him, he will prob- abt sleep borcr Put cr thrc Goy- who- or.r you arc.