Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-03-31

XVII.
pFWARD FOR LOYALTY

thai can i Ilhh ""f
the government service as
orr Let Us look at some actuai
Here /, the story of one as
hv f. ]. Ayers. chief clerk, De-
man, ., The Interior. He cites 1t
co>e similar to that Of many 9th
in Nj, ,.4rlmrnt, and says there
man, ThrrS who are In worse cir
stanr'> .
rbo records Of our department
,bu, Dr entered the service as a
rer NJ StaiJ Il year, after service
brqr and ID half years in the Uni
S,a,r, navy Us n iirst-class fire
with an Aunorabe discharge. He
IS L,-, ,.rb Us for more than thirty
l. wear. and is siXty-siX years
!, and f,- given more than half his
IN rlr ser, ice of the government.
4 10 OWL. Il little property three
h,,urt the Chesapeake juno
and he gets up early in the morn
hrr,rr daylight, and comes in to
/, and zoe, rut after dark at night.
sy lc IS getting $50 a year. He
raised d family Of nlne children
ke Of whom are now dead-elght
and one daughter. His elder
/ are married and have established
hes Of their own. Two of his sons
e in the military service in France,
his daughter. twelve years old,
with hrr grandmother, where he
supporting, educating and clothing
He is a white man, a very lntelli-
man, rmincntly qualified for this
tlfular ,.nr OF work. His wife is
+ Ii H. il his own hOusekccper and
does he cooking and the washing
the irul!ng.
Dis horne was established In its
! bent location because it was not
bglt practicable to raise Il family
hc district, and he bought a piece
troprrty N Prince Georges coun-
three miles beyond the railroad
blinal which distance, as I said, he
l. twice n day, leaving in the morn
most If tile year before daylight,
returning home by dark. This
bll place consists Of n shack and a
acres Of land on which he has a
tgaGc Of Sl,Wu, and you can judge
i Il" enjoys 10 conveniences other
b the small house. which protects
from lhr elements.
#Ihe huu>r is divided into four
ms tl,r partitions being of paper
ked To t|a Framework, there being
PATHS or plaster
|Ihr snail stove standing in the
Ter Of the room he has used for
p tlau twenty years. and the pot
the stove contains his Sunday din
which he las prepared for HIM
consisting Of white navy beans
fat0a'h These beans are now
rh- Lin twenty-five to thirty cents
quart, and the fatback costs him
y cents 70 pound. 1t could have
y purchased a few years ago for
eh''"n r"n'> pound, and the beans
len crIi~. He does not get any
III meat hrcnuse he cannot afford
buy it,
40 my Wind it seems n pity that
United States government should
'I"S hrn Of that type, or any other
= !"l INA matter, and not give
i rh"I-H II live on decently. II
"F'riAr'y a Pity in this case be-
>r 'r j. somewhat superior to
hy o. he employees. He has
|yca ".'H Ms a> "A matter of faithful
t" o." government, and has
yel Mill IL when he could make
r. III ul' week outside of the gov
''yI' Hr' "" pay him for one
+ RrtA.
u'"''' las" left us, but instances
'Ih' k.'.. Lave been very few. At
4 hMr ha.! in our auditorium our
81 l''|e"> ,.' | made an appeal to
III 10 stand " us during the war
.''' ana there were more than 300
'Nt"' Present, and they all of one
assured us that they would
"I ny Us and would give us the
leA' OF their labor in our depart
~ uurlnS The war period, notwith-
"u"e The fact that the price for
NJ outside was a great deal more"
aux n.s 'urlaus pride in their work and
a,Iy 20 the government and the
e'utneht Service was a thing that
ppel up In the most unexpected
oNe employee put It: II think you
, nnu that every service seems to
Su,'e proud of its work. l know
oo WI uhl 1t In our service as far
compensation and such as that are
.p e'ped. The pay in this office is
o4' that element, that feeling,
NAH mind that he Is really help
r,s " accomplish good work and
m s u'r government to function
- - really part of 1t. l find in all
,u' ,a'A> with employees that they
,. .,,' proud Of their work, and
Sns ",le IS really what gets things
,bs =, l','k that is true everywhere
,"r,. . "I'" service. and particularly
ep,c" "'1 tie executive depart
me- " 'F.'nSIy true, and il Is one
,t .', poSsibly the chief rea-
kr,s - ''h stay on In the depart,
no. year after year at a low rate
|ono,,oa "'' not much possibility Of