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TULSA DAILY WORLD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1920 XiZ) rnMlahed lvr Mnfnlna Id' I itlnR '' m'H BY THE WOULD .'UHUSHINOl CO. Kit ft til In lh Tula l'i liifflco nnA '"!" .'".,i'J! MljMlllitl OK At'DIT Itl'HKAt' "F rllUTI.ATHJM ihmiii;iis 01' Tin; asisoiiati:!) 1'iinmi lb Aaaftlata.l I'irai la airlualvaly anlllla.l I" for re:t.llcalloll ul a I liwa Jlnti.tPhf" Oia.llla.l 10 II r noi i.tr,rU iirMil In lb I. .ir ant i loral iinx, pulniahad hartin KUIIPCllll'TlON HATHA, lit MAM. IN "aWVANCHi DAII.T AN4 KPNIlAY. IN OKLAHOMA Ot'TMUH OK OKLAHOMA. Ona Tin . II So Oin m "! Mi tr.oniln 1. 00 Hit u.i.iill.a H.r itnnllia I. II l'r Xloulli OnaMonlh II tJ , luii.r oni.t Oh Taar 11.00 ln Tr Hli munilo 1 to M inotiii JJ IIiiii Uonltia I. II I'ar lliiilh On. liun Hi , 10 HDNDAT ONI.T Out rr ..IJ.II Our Yaar '"'!! mi noniii ,, i.to xii luunii.a I'ar Month II I'ai Aloiilli 1 . . .. . it IIT (Allllllill IN OOTdlllU 'lOWNM, IIAIL1T ANIi HUNIMY I'.r H.k , I ' I't Minlh In Artvaiira .. IJHm Iii A'lvalea II V CAIHIIf.lt IN TULSA. HANI) KI'lllNflH A.H III. II IOIIK. UAII.r AM MI'NKAr ivt mm ;; l'r llMiih, in Ailvan-ia "II lrV..at In A.lvanra I'lioM: oo9 mu a i.i. iu;i .ucrMi'.NTH II t I' I C I A i i n i' a r i; it Daily lliblical Quotation iii:'i:Miti"it '.'.n. I.t the wicked inrsoko IiIh wnv. mul the iifi i .tlhtcous mini his thoughlM, ami lei lilm !' Mini unto llii- Lord, mul In." will have nicioy ii poii lilm, mul in uiir flint, fur ho will abun dantly )a rl on. Inn. r. .". ; 7 . Jesus, to tliy wounds I fly, -I'urgn my xlnx of dnopert !' : l.nnli n f Hod, for lnnorn nlnlii, Wash nwny my crimson iitiilit. Thjsln jwforglvom l.uko 7it8. Tiir: chimk kimdi'.mio. Ami now It Im u ct line epidemic, eventually, It may lie, our scientific fi lends will succeed In locating, naming una pi'csoriblim a toxlno for tho ilCHlrtlcUoii o( tint genu Dial onuses It, for, of course, them mum Im a until al the liottom of all this tlovlllshncKH," llitl In tlio meantime, whllo awaiting patiently thai happy event. Com missioner Alldmon Ih using priiilcnt common xonxo In acting ultli tli'iinlon allium tltu innl old MoHitlu linen. Tho number of prai'o offlrcm am to bo Kriat ly Incrranril an an rmniKonL'y mriiHuro, and the civilian population railed on to loan tin ncllvo ro.nporatloii liiHtenil of IniliilKinB In caiiltiK crltlclnm. Tlio flrHt nteifi tallfit by the rotiimlH. winner, calllnc In for nmiMtiltatlon and nptiroval of liln plniiH leadlnir oIIIzcmh icKHiillenit of party, evlncrH a rnrn ijuallfy of publlo of.'lclnl. It Im nxcvcdliiBly pleiipnnl, nlno. to hear tho licod of a corpornto runcorn, Uko C. .1. WrlKhU ntnn, temlerlns tho credit of liln cotnpauy to llui public Hcrire, to b lined In the Interest nt tho entire community. "Do what In nercHiiry and pay tin biiclt when you cet ready," ho wild, AVItli such Co-operation fron the ptivnte cltl itenn publlo offle.lulH can lint only ninko tooil whero thern In an ImnrBt tllspiiiltliin on llielr part to do no, but (bono official". Im Inclined io dlKcliarRn their nb.llKtittniiH to tho publlo ltn fidelity inn bn Meld In the htrUlRlit und narrow until. Tlio crime wave, apparently linn lilt Tiilwi. Tlui cpldcmlu Jm here. Our unainiidvertilonH In tho openliiR iariiKrapli were fiU'c'floiiH, of courM". HorlotiMly, thero In no myntory In' tho rrlme epi demic at all. There Iwm alwayH been an amarliK portion of our priiplo morn iIi.'hIioiih of nubslHt. ItiK on "eaiiy nkme" than they wern and tun cniiccrnliiK the manner In which suclt motiey In Hccurcdi W'n have been for many moiitlui enperlencliu; coudltlon.a under which thin hc ml-crlmlnal lin ment rould leallzn HatlHfactory Income and with out hazard for ilnluK almoin no win I; at all. With tho chaiiKo In economic conditlouH and an npproiicli of that day when tbn old lawn would HKaln force obnervanri' wherein men mtiHt earn money actually before they could upend It, thorn linn come to thin cIuhh tho apparent ncrrx idly of really laboiim; for an Income.. ApallliiK thought! llcnco the reieixlou to form ami Inclina tion. Such u man, who linn been recelvltiK, not carnhiK, ninny, miiny, tlollatH u tl.iy for a incro mIiow of prodiictlvo enterprlne, tuniH determin edly from an opportunity to aotuiilly earn an honest and JiihI Incomo to tho moro prombluK opportunity afforded him throtiKh an enter. piiNlnK and darltiK practice of the aM of tho underwotid. Society Ih helm; attucUed .on u now xjde. Th.it Ih nil. l-'oclety unit tin fiirmti will prove vie. torloiiH. A itufflcli'iit .iiuotitit nf cournnc on 1 1 in part of tho pilv.itu cltUen to actually tnlte a idianco with IiIh llfo In order to ptolrtt whnt I.i rluhtfully hla from tho envy of thorn, who have no earthly rlKht to any portion of It, coupled with determination mi tho pari of tlio peace officer and unnucrvlnu flinincn.H on the pint or Hk coui tr. will In a comparatively tdiort (lino dlicourai; the criminal element and hciuI all but tho mom liaiileneil und linpeleHH cnHo In to productive enlm piiRc of woine Kind. Kear, not moial convlctlonx, keepH many a man nt tho Inlhc, lieni h and counter and tree of tho oourtx. ' run c.s it vn: iiiui: S.mtu f'laiiH visited the koh tnmt ahead of time. For that happy fact the khh company Iiiih to thimU tho cot poi alien conimimilim, n body tho peoplo created and voided with vaxt power for their own protection nualust tho very thins that hnn occurrud, If tho memhein of tho corporation coinmls. nlon nro not ItiindKoinely remembered OhrlM lllim day by tho board of director, of tho gun truHt tlioro will Im an exhibition of lni:ratltud'j Inexcusable. I'iiIchb, of course. Kanta riaui called on tho inenibein of tho iomniiiilon oven before ho called on tho kiik company. That U a possibility an well nu an cxpl.tiuttloii. Coincident with tlio .uhnncii in rate.i comes tho story that Tuis.i ..1W i,aB lin i,.unilaiico of gus. AVo hope that story iruc. iteeauso a I (fan xupply nt iien (it ci'iiln a tliolinand cubic feet. Niifflileiit to keep onn cntiifortatilo ilurlnK Mild weather, would be some coiioolullon for the iiutr.iKeoun mid nlmolutely IndefenHlblu action of the t;an compiiny In evoti nxklm: an Increano In i n ten, to miy linthlni; of tho commlnHlon's ileilnlun to clvn tli'm what lliey anlted fijr. "tut If tlio cominlnnloii "Old not i;rant tho In r'iine tliA compiiny would Im linnble to pur' (1111x11 a itufflclciil amount of Ran to meet the do inninlH made tipon It," niijm the iipnloKl'cru, piilltlial and commercial. 'Tor we can no longer put' hano an nt .1 contn per thouiaml, wholu wile " ' (It.,, eitu'a u i ii i V lif.i.rlliL. t li I ti if H lltln Mini. Aei'cptlnu the niirument lit Itn face value, doen not equity reipilre lhat u iloteriulnatlon bo had 1 of the amount of win nt 1 1 1 lielnit dellveied under the old rate the tnrieiicti allowed, whatever It inlrilit be, applylm; only to that pioportlon of Kim piiichiixid and delivered under hinder wiiotenalc rntu? There Nvould be unite an much toKlc and rea Mm In tliu lias (ompany fiklni; for a ictroactlvo order, pi rmllllni; It to collect Imek Iuhko for nil the i(nn It Iiiih ever metered on a fiX-ccnt IiiixIh an to onk Hint the enormijutt amount ol Kan It In ntlll purchaKluR under the old low rate nliould come under tho now' fS-c,nt rate, which It pleiuln In iiecennnty In order that It may com pete with concct tin Keeking to ti l(o tho Kim out of the Htatc. It In not necexHlty and It in not equity or tho dentin to bn c'lultiihln that hnn Impelled tho kiih tiilNl to purntlo tho courHii It Iiiih purHilcd, but nppol tniilty alone. AVhat It hnn been dlllKcrilly Hi'iiKltiK and what thn rorporutloii commlHidou ban aided It In doliiK, In to Invoke and apply the old lille. "all tho Itaffle will bear." Thin It hnn inado dear by Ita own prexent lueulu, wherein it boldly xtateM that reKardtcMH of tho Initial coxt of Kan or the cost of Itn do livery, tho pi Ice Mhotild bo fixed for It In rela tion to tho nervlco an compared with tho rout of other fuolK. That telln tho whole matter, foal hnn been lilKh I'Xccnxlvely and unreanonably IiIkIi, Wo can uxi) tliu clean, patlnfnctory kiih fuel In our liiuiien at around SO centH a thounand and Kill hiivo money an ,iiKnlnnt coal, takliiK Into cotiHlderalloii tho dirt and xool und ik-fllliiK'et-fectn of "black diamond," , x That In whnt the hullabaloo In about; that and liothlnK more. From tho ntaiidpolnt of iciihoii ablo profltn on lioncnt InvcHtmenlH theio wiih JtiHt an intiiii M'tixo ami reanonln the Kan hlkcx of the laxt few montliH ii.h In (lermnuy'H rulhleni cnudiliiK of tho llelhium people. And tho Kreat ent part of thn crime In Hint an nKdicy of thu peoplo permitted Itxelf to bn lined, tliuu plnclim' Itxelf In the rlnsn of a "kept" woman. VKST IT IS THU fOI'KTS Thn tlmo In hero now when ttlo li'l;Hlnluie nliould (nle thn rntn makliiK power from tho haudn of thn corporation erunmlsHlnn nnd vent It In tho com In of thn mate, Tho rlnn of men, mid their declnlonx, which hnn been net In Jtidu ment over tho public uttlltlcH ot nklnliomn, Iiito dextroyed tho last ventlKo of confidence In tho corporation commtnHlon, Tho public utllltten may bo blnmelexn In nil rexpectx, but tho fact renialnn that did they own nnd dictate tho dcclMonH of tho commtxnlon that body could not moro nuplnely xervo tho cor pornto tntcrrntH. Tho people had much hottur rlHk their Inter cxtH with thu courtH In open Hexslon than with thin fiody oi men who huvo becomo tho np pienxorM of them In all rexpectx. "Itepubllcan nurcorn Ih iixnured If all of un who havo been elected to office carry out tho InxtiuctlotiH clveii un by tlr people," nayn Con KiexHiimn.elect l'rl'nKey of tho Fourth dixtrlct. "If wo do theno thltiKn Okliijiomri will bo n ro pulitlcan xtato Juxt nn It would have remained rt tleniocrntlc hltito hud tho' party In power not mown roekloHH of popular rlclitn." Wo don't re call over haviiiK heard a better xtntomout ot thn caxe. Meinbern of the leKlxInture Mhould un ilerxtiiud that, Tho popular mandate Im touvoid profllKatc expcndlturo of tho penplo'n ftindn in tlio miiiutcnnuco of xtato InHtltutlonn and build Iiik projectx. if thero Is a xhaklnK of the Chrlxtmiin tree by the coiiiIiik xexnlou of tho li'Klxlaturc It will alio bo Rood nlnlit for every man who p.irticlpnton In the xhakliiK whether the ChtixtmnH prexent be an tinn?ee Hsary xtato lionpltal or a mere nddlthrn to a tiselenn xtntn Inxtltutlon. N'.inieU'MH tliounli our new "khs icKulatorn" are, wo have no one nlxe to pin our hope l. The promlw In that both the rum trust and tho corporation will bo lemil.itcil In tho InterextH of tho poor peode. It In certainly a nimble Job. Hut If the xelf-appolnted reKiilntom mamiRo It HUCCcxHfully they may come from behind their Hereon of anonymity and rommaud and receive mont ny rowiud their untblttimn may crave. The announcement that I'reHldeul Wllxon has Juxt purchaxed a homo for J25O.00O piovcn that ht 'n not only u covenanter, un ho , proudly boiiHtcd. but a thrifty ono nt that, .hint prior to IiIh entianco Into polltlcn W'oodrow Wllaon waH repotted an applicant for tho CurnoRlo pen Hlon to eilucntom. That ho now ban n fortune 'that cnablcH htm to IndulKo In n J250.000 homo Ih proof ot IiIh frunul, h.ivIiik habltn, Ah a flKhtcr Mr. Jiempiey nppearti to bo tioth iiiK elxe. Hut It Ih too bad that ho did not feel called of tho Hpltit to uko of hlx wonderful talents In tho service pf IiIh country when flRhtliiR wus quite thn older of tho day. Had ho done ho Mr. York, of TenucbHce and hluiKOlf, could have foi mod a btiRade Hint would huvo broken the Iltndcnhurt; lino with ease. William Jennings Hryan paid a very touch Im: nnd tincorn trlbtito to I'runldeut.etcct I laid IiiK, when ho hiiIiI ho was a man whom tho poo pie can truHt. It Is that typo of man that tho people alwnyn want for a leader, Mr. Tumulty sayn Iiu'h through with oftico holding. Considering tho Job he's had wo are not hiirpilsed at bin decision. Oklahoma OutburstH llr Oil. Inrtnn. The moH effective riinfdy for heart dlnene, i.ivn (till iJitiKb y, In alimony. Tar In It frfiMl un to i row over tho rentllt, but wo h.ivo n plct.ire of a icrlnin lllrd out flu a limb. fp at I'awlitinku. i.ccordlnR to the OnnKe County N'ewx, Ihn lioiievnio in In connldeicd over when lh hunlinnd telln Mn wife that xho looks Just an well In cotton '.tnuklntH hh In nlllt. A nloiy In told In roimortlon with IHII Mll ler'n trip from Cifliiinliui, Ohio, Into oklohonm to tell un how to run our political nff.ilrn whbil llluxtinlen bin xiu cui-n an an outnliln dictator On the tiiilu wlik )i ciiriliil htm out of Oklahoma ity to 1 1 Im Ohio hnbltat w.m Kll Admire, n pub lican innmbor of the liKlxlatuio from Creek county, ami other .ripuhlli an polilleiniiH of iiinjor and tnlnur note. i;l wanted to leavo the train nt Oepew but dlxMnrei that It wax not nrheduled to ntop at that xlatlon. Ho Htnled bin denlro nnd It wan xtiKKenled that ponnlbly ('oniirexnmau Jtcrt I'hat.dler iiiIkIU be' riblo to put tin oiikIi a xtop ordet. and if he fulled, Mil ler, reputed to 'bo h I'ullm m attorney when he In not dlctatlilR pullilra, icrlnlnly could, Kll wnndeifil down the nl-le to Hie Hcctlon occu tiled by Hie two Influential Kentlitnen mid In irodtlced n bill for Immediate lellif, "Too bad," replied Onnart hmiiihii Chandler. "If you had only mentioned It before I left -'head-quarter' It could have been filed." "Well," mild CM, "If 'iii can't ntop It perhaps Miller can; Im couldn't ntop iitivthltiK else." Mlller'n only rexponm wan n xtnro throtiKh the window at tho pax. Hik Hennery of Mi peaceful country iih ho meditated over tho bitter frultn plucked by tbn vb arlmiH who meddlo otltHlib) their ow n pasture ltaromcter of Public Opinion Thn New .tinlleliiry l.niv. At thn annual convention of tho Oklahoma liar iiHiioclatloii to lie held In Oklahoma City l eeliflmr 2U-30, tho proposed chaliKO III till) J i M 1.1 clary Hyntom of the xtatn will be cotixldesed, A committee of the bar association Iiiih druwn tip thn plan with tho Intention of Hiilnnlttlntr It to tho li'Ktslnturo with n wiliest that It he referred to tho peoplo to votu upon mi u constitutional amendment. Tho details of the revived plan lwvn not been made publlo. Thn proponed amendment, how ever. Is mertliu; xoiuo HtrotiK opposition. tlepritn I.. Itnwman of KltiKflshcr, president of tho bar iiH.ioclutliiii, Hayn that tlio nxioctatlon has not yet InilorniMl thn plan. McutlonlliK the nppo.iltlon to tho xtiKKcstcd amendment, Mr. Ilowman nayn' 'The iiilnclplrobjectlon amotiR lawyers to the new plan In t hat It In until n tadlcal revision that It will mean tlio vlrtunl abandonment ot the precedent and Interpretation that Iiiih been huilt tip by many yearn of court decisions hero under tho present system. I'nder thn new proposal, at torney. will bu virtually without doclslnnn to noble them In many cases and litlKatlon will lie Increased and prolonRed. "Another abjection to the propositi In that It plaecH what may bo consldemd excessive power In tho hands of tlio nupren... court. It makes Hint body virtually self-perpetliatlliK. Tho new system will Im no complicated, also, that almost no ono but a trained attorney could under stand It." On the other hand,, those who favor the new Judiciary plan claim that It will result In n quicker ndmlulstrntiou of Justice. In ilecldlnt: whether or nnt'to recommend the proposed constitutional nmeudnieut, tho conven tion of the bar association will no doubt take Into consideration tho follow Ittc facts: Tho administration nf Justice In now lament ably slow. Cases drag along sometimes for yearn befoto plaintiff or defendant knows what tho outcome will be. Thin In true oven when tho dockets nro etOKKcd up with an over iiliuiplnnce of litigation as it usually tli5 case, thorn Is ntlll lens likelihood of retting an early float decision, Second, the practice of law nliould lie made an simple us possible, l.ccal procedmo Ih ton com plicated now". Third, technicalities should be t educed to n minimum.- Litigation should hlngo largely, If not entirely, upon tlio metitH ot tho case. If tho proposed change In tlio Judiciary nystem would bring about tho confusion which Mr. IJuwman feats, if It would mean tho abandon ment of Judicial preeodeiitH which would render construction of tho law moro uncertain, and If It would plaeorrresHlvo power In tho supiemf court an Mr. Ilowman thlnkH it would, then It HooniH that It would bo unwise to adopt tho amendment. .Some change In the lawn should be uindo, lyiwever, ho that technicalities will not Inter fere with a decision of a case upon Its metitH and ho that tho administration of Justice can be speeded up. Oklahoma n. rnuic Xifdn Our ItlnmK Franco iicoiIh the llland family of North Car olina and hundreds nf thousands moro of a sim ilar sort. The l'rench gnsernmetit would not only glvo Mr. I!. CV Illaml u suit of clothes for each new child, but n money Inanity In addi tion. For a number' of yearn ltepicsontntive Small Iiiih presented the Carolina farmer named a suit of clothing for each additional child, but, having been uolllled recently that the fourteenth Hit It wiih due, felt forced to Call tho contract ol f with his (HmoU'H) retirement' from con kicks on tile third of next .larii. Illaml hud 20 children when Small inado n contract which he then tegarilcd as reasonably safe, but niiind is now tho happy father of 34 nnd there may Im ntlll further Increases In Ills progeny. We read that 28 of the lthind children are living and that the present Mrs. Illaml, the nee nnd wife. Is l ho mother of nineteen, nine of whom were born dining the lan; ten years in eluding ono snt of twins. Kighteen children Hllli live at home, but Mrs, llland xayn she Is loncHome sometimes "because so irviy have gone awu " llland appeals to bo equally con tented, being a farmer and mixing n large purl nf tho needed food. He Is quoted an x.ilug, It in no more trouble to bting.lip fifty children than to "i also" ten. "After you pass ten," ho xayn, "Hie older ones are u big help " If those I'lench families of one child or no child at all could only see It that way, Hie French govern ipont would be lesx afraid 04 C.erniany and Its larger families that no on piling up a population pron'n to dream of warn of.conqucst. The French need to learn Hint without enough births there can not bo enough soldiers to defend la' belle Franco when attacked.- Okmulgee Times. a rsr.M'Ns i.ii'i:. (Cop right. 1U20. by lldgar A. finest. ) 1 wisht I'd lived In CiMiir'n time' I might have climbed t heights subllino Hy wlnnln' warn und dotn' things I.Iko overthrow!!!' loriin kings An' havln' people bow to me. ' . For havtn' brought them victory. If I'd been hero In ripvnnty-slx' I might have got In politics, Or on a tea chest swung an n.o jllccause of Hritalu'H heavy lav, An' every history studyhr kid Would have to know tho things did. If I'd been hero when Franklin tried Klto-flyln' with n storm outside. 1 might hav beat him to that trick Or showed 'em ono that's Just uh sllcl;. It might have been my luck to be Tho ono to find 'lectiiclty' ; Hut here I am, my father's son. An' all tho biggest Jobs are done: j've missed my 1. bailee to rise 10 fame An' let tho whole world kn.nv my nutne. When I get twenty. one or two There won't be much for mu to do. SINCE CIVILIZATION WAS SAVED ICowrtchll 1950 1 n Tb ChleMO Trtbaai.) pilllllllPIIIIIIIIIIIIP The Promoter's Wife By JANE PHELPS CIIAl'Tint I,XXVJ. Itarbant I'lans Itcirvncliiiicnt. I meant what i said to Ixirralne Morton when I ifiet her In tho pink: that I nliould havo made It my busi ness to know whero h' much money iimo from; how 110 young a man as Nell could make enough to uffoid such luxtlilcH, Vet When I had tried to find out, I had accomplished nothing, only augeied, Nell. HU(.lenly there came to me tho murmured sentence I overheard when father was leaving u, and had warned mo to try and peisiiado Nell to "go fllowiy." A liouso or cams: Who elxe had tin'd that same expression Why Mr. Fiedorlck, of course. Ho had Hald lie wan afraid Nell wiih building "A liouso of cards" that afternoon we drove in the park, and. had our first Wld. mik logeinor. ; I.oiralnu Insisted upon walking home with me Mho was really dlu ircssed, and plainly showed It. "You are not to blame," she re peated when she finally left me. Jilmself n "And remember I know you nro not, and will be Just tho n.uno friend no manor wliat people say. 1 will do all I can for Nell, too, I shan't allow any one to malign him when I am .11 (Mill J." "Thank you, Lorraine. Thnt makes two. "What are you talking about, what nakcH two?" "Nothing I wiih talking to my self. Pardon me." I meant It inado two real fiiemla I still had, Lorraine ami Frederick. I think I perhaps might have felt all that had hap-. pcneii moro oven than I '.lid had I been the wort of woma'li who has many Intimates. I wasn't. Most of my friends were nut of the city, so I heard little gossip, as while had many . calling acquaintances, lir ralno was ulmn.it my only Intlmuto friend. Ought we not to give up our beau tiful home? llsd wo tho right to live hi It '.' Would Nell consent to re trench 'o nn extent that would imount to anything? 1 walked back and forth, ftom room to room, rest less, uneasy, wanting dinner tlmo to come so that I might see Neil, talk to him. and nt the mine tlmo dread" lug to again accuse him of being not quite fair In IiIh business meth ods. "I'eihaps wo will rent tho house." t huli to myself; then took pencil and paper, t would make a list of -.vcrvthlng we owned. It might bo necessary some day. I would have tt leaily It would nt least keep me so husy 1 couldn't think. 1 knew we owed many bills, I had fingered a sheaf of them when I was The Young Lady Acro8H the Way The young lady across the way ays I'roiddont-elcot Harding hn been tarpaulin fishing down south. 1 - Told at Oklahoma City , t'ttcrback In Hopeful. 11III lUterback of n'uraut, former law partner to Federal .IuiIro It, I,. Williams, Is tho first statewide dem ocrat to grow very hopeful of all old factions being satisfied nnd the party reunited. "There Ih nn use to waste tlmo try ing to heal tho senatorial scars made kut Htinimer nnd fall." Hald Utter back, "with democratic salve. If left .to ourselvi h, wo probably would scratch tho soro places; until the wound would becomo Infected nnd never heal. I.eavo it to tlio Okla homa republicans. Usually they blunder nt tho proper tlmo and al low our folks to win. It didn't hap pen that wily tho last time, but this was 11 republican year. Hard times, factional quarrels among republic ans, and time will bt,ing Oklahoma bark into tho democratic: fold. "Whnt'onr folkH need In patience looking for a pad to usu for the In ventory I was going to commence. Ni I never tulkcd In small sums, he neldoni paid small bills, unless they niippeni' 1 to tie at vome place wo weion't accustomed to trade, and not alwayH then. 1 ran them through. I saw that the total amount wan very largo. 1 must speak to Nell about them. So I laid them on top of the desk. If they wern In plain sight 1 would not fill gel them. Then I went upstairs I would commence the Inventory with my own room. 1 became so engrossed In my task that time passed unheeded. Fiich article I put down held h'jiiic associa tion. 1 lingered over many, admir ing them, wonderln If tho time over cunin when others hud them If they .would iiiinreelato their heautv uh I j.nnd Homo men to stand Where are you. JlabY" Nell called, the flrsT Intimation I had Hint' fie wiih at home, ,"I'ti stalls, I'll come right down." X'eil U'nu In lite llln-'iri rwierltii' . tliu brunt In these seemingly dark ' Pence lloie Js Scared. "I havo talked wirti Uovernor' Koberlson." said Tom Ncnl of J'o teati, former member ot tho legis lature and prominent In southeast ern Oklahoma democratic affair. "I do not euro to state what all we discussed nor whut was sahL 1 have been very anxious to find some way of having lull democrats unite, but at thin tliiu) tho Indications nro thnt wo aro us far apart as over, although I think tho legislative scission will do much toward reuniting tho dem ocratic factions." drink tr'om ti bottle In the cellarettn. Something ho had done bo seldom lately that 1 showed the surprise I felt. When ho brought thono men homo with lilm It had been a common occurrence. Hut slnco ho had been staying out so much, it had been almost untouched. "Don't look uh If 1 were commit ting the unpardonable sin because I am taking a drink." ho Bald Impa tiently, taking another. "Oh. Nell, don't! I so want to hnvn ti good talk with you, And ou never urn the same when you drink." "I've had nil the talking I can .Hand for ono day. 'Frederick came Into the office this afternoon, and 1 thought ho never would go or let up on tho talk. If you don't let me alone I shall go down to the club for my dinner." lie sank Into a big easy chair, nnd closed his eyes. I quietly left lilm there. Mr. Fred erick had been with him. It pr sagud good I hoped, Tonnrrow Nell's Aunt Is To VU.lt Thorn Hat her Inopportunely, f . Uulhllng Differently. "I am not so Interested In politic? as of yore," said Charles H. Kun drlck ofOkmulgee, formerly of Am nion) and Oklahoma City and for years second only to Joe Thompson In' command of .democratic affairs "For many years I worked enthuslas tk'nlly to build a political structure that was to be tho tallest of the southwest. ' While I labored, manv nf my frlendH built 10-story build ings nnd some of them even did not Inkn the trouble to vote. It was not selfishness on my part which turned my direction to the other plan, but In these changing times the fellow with the large business edifice has n surer footing than one with even tho most splendid political machine." Independence, "Irfibnr has como Into Its own slnco tho AVorld wnr ended. You enn't abuse or nmltrcnt labor any more." Tho speaker wan Oovernor Kllby of Alabama, He continued: "A chafi got a Job at a coal mine. His Jnh was to run cars down a deep hill. There was only n sleeper at the bottom to stop tho cars; so hp was caiutloneil again nrtil ag.itn Bcnnic'a Notebook HF.1NO SICK Thero In 2 kinds of helth, good and bad, only people dont notice It till theirs begins to got bad and then they start to remember how good It was wen It wnsont. I'eopfe rnorc pbVzure out of (elllng how bad they reel than w.it they do out of telling how good chey feel, on account of that being the ony plezzuro there Is in It. If you wunt to heer how good they feel you Imff to ask them but If you wunt to heer how bad they feel all you huff to do is Jest llssen. Tim ferst thing you do wen you get a stummlck ake for eny reason to go erround bragging about It but wen you fool so good you couldcnt feel eny bolter If you tried you hurdly ever go er round saying, O hoy maybe I dont feel grute. This proved lad news travels tho fastest. As soon as you begin to feel sick you start to think, (. I wish I was better, but wen you feel nil rlto you never think. H, Its a good thing 1 nlnt sick. This prove Uh easier to have a bum tlmo than wat It Ih to lujoy yourself. Wen a persen feels a little sick they jest stay that way nnd hope they wont get worse, anil, wen they get worse they say theyru going to go to tho dockter If thoy get worse than that, wlch they proberly would, only hy tho tlmo they get werso than that tho docktor has to come to them. it sounds werso to Hay ynuro sick In bed than wat It drieH to Jest nay your sick, and If yqu say youro sick in bed with a nerso It sounds foiirso. You dont haff to be sick Jest to K't a boll on tho buck ot your neck, being a good thing. on account of tho .boll being bad'enurt. by Itself. 17 ml or a now process Iron Is coated with copper by palming It with n. varnish made pf pulverized coppr and copper otfldo In crude oil, then subjected to Jieat, which volatilizes the oil, Veduces tho oxlile and fuses tho metallic copper to tho Iron. Abe Martin Ther's a wholo lot u" peoplo In tills country that don't care whothor u shop Is open or closed as long as It keop runnln.' Tit' wife lhat used t' drive her husband t' drink now leads him to it. About Town and in Hotel Lobhin "Thn wealthier 1 lasses 1 .M ' 0 K tie 1 t uin w ' Mi rk tti 11 ii nil r 11 1 t 'let uSt '111 to n seem to be as nctlvo In thr ,4 Work and personal aid , n uiifortunato as thev nfn n said K. aodhelp nt the Wednesday. Oodhelp In 1' . t noctcd with tho welfare w. lork. and has followed ' 1, , trend of tho personal seiv .hrough all of the southern where ho has been tailed nens for 11 New ynrk cloin, puny ho Is connected with .M has secured homes for during tho pust year. u.,"i forms mo that there in u amount of money being M ill manner of ch.iritab!, mil about New York. I . 1 bin to be tho ewe throuh tin tnd Tllls:l Is piiele Ln, end of tho work. It xin'iv people arc becoming m.nu t. hrlsllans. and not an hM- " milln tvnntil line .... eluded. 'ii "Milch cre.1l! I .1,,. i .. ney Frank K. Duncan and 1 , "nr. tt 'gainst Increasu In rate.i ih r, 1 b, ho Oklahoma Natural g,. ,s lany," Mnyor T. I). l;vnrs dr Wednesdny. " om witlm, 1 7 -his fight, by preventing a 1 1 - . 'reaso, has Hived -Mr Htm, try ceveral times over, and I 1, , -eacted to the benefit of T11 , 'onstimei-H and taxpayers ,1 n r,t 'rum tho talks made di. h louring by Mr. Kchols, the u . on commission. It iippem 1 he Increase would bo m ,1 cents man ten cents. 1 )r . evidence put before tho eotni y niincan and lingers wans, nd so ineonlriivertlblo that 1 not reasonably grant an Inn-. moro tllllll II Mtliritt nt.,n ten "cm 11 M of 'Ht.. .van Hie fitst real fight thr nii.a' 10 11.1 niiuirai-over rim up ngutoit If the ten-cent Incrcnso means i ihf erenco of $000,000 n enr ,n the ncomo ot thn ruh company, Hi i,r. ventlon of nn Increas of Hint muii, noro means a Having to gas cot... w. 'r of Oklahoma )f not Uh thnn n lalf million dollars annually, which In a considerable sum." 11 iiuwiiiiK uniowarii nappers Ue ember will bo u rerord-iirrm, uonth for building operations. 1; k l enner, chief clerk In tho dj 1 ipectlon ilepartment. said Wcd.aV lay. I'ermltH Issued to da'p 1 it hioro thnn 1200,000, and xovrrn large buslnes.s building ptrmits will probably bo lulled during the t -ruing w;eek. "So far," said Fcniiw. nearly all tho permits Issued hav. jcon for residences nnd jirlvuto gar ges. There Ih not much letup to his clirsH of building. Anyone tli.it loesn't think there Is any bulMuur olng on hero xhould look nrotnui nd with the buildings proposed' hero will be a great Increase m operations during tho month of Jan uary." if . . . The Horoscope ''The atnra Inrtlnn hit. ,1n .in. ...... ... .. Tlllli-.(liy. ncccint'c- '1X, y:' (('opyrtJiht 1920 ly Meciure XeKipir" 'ynillcot. During the bury hours ot thl iUv "rniiUH is strongly ndvorse, accord tig to astrology. In thu evening Venus Ih in beneflc aspect. Tho sway Is held moul unluckv for hose who delro to travel, delss ind even accidents being Indicated, Aviation Is particularly to be ivolded under this planetary gov rnment. for it will bo umwually luiiRcrous. Women will not bo fyrtunale to 1enl with, while this configuration orovnlls, for It la supposed to make hem cupllnus. changeable and 'uultfindlng In buslnes.s. The evening should ho a most aus. nlcloiiH time for" theatcs. Actress-t Hill benefit from tho friendly sway of Venus. A young girl will sud denly rl.-o to eminence. Importers and dealers In luxuries rhnuld profit greatly today for thn Planet Hint encourages the buying of rewgawH for women also gives in tifferenco to cost. There Is a sign 'rend a most prom 'sing to organizations of social Jin Oances and other cntcrtalnniunti hould bo especially successful, since the stars am belloved to Impar' 11 'moynncy of spirit and nn uroefs of ,'iijoynient to all who engage In hem. 1 Increase In (lie nuniTier of Ivr.d owners In thn United States wtl.!e inprecedented In tho coming year lleauty will bo even moro highly esteemed during coming years dun It has been In thn past, nccordl' g to I he 1,'jers, but Its artificial aids will bo dis-arded. Persons whoso hlrthdnto It Is May havo rather an unsettled car Changes, however, will not be lu kv Children born on this day mm be siiergetlo and restless. Tho ioy jubject to th! Mgn usually sti d well In the navy . o run them verv carefully, kci, ns ho hrako well on. "ThltiRs went all light f r iw ' threo days, and tiien the new "I got reckless. Ho let four ens j down tho hill full speed. T ev Jumped ovcrithe siecper. of c ' and foil int' a creek fifty fi'' Inw. "Tho boss saw the tragedy frrn 'Is .ifflco window, und ho camo t 3 out In a fearful ruge. f "But tho new hand fores' a him. , , " 'Don't yo como round ly- 1 cnssln' and mvourln' at me' ho J' Mi's done quit.'" Octroi' I ' Press. up 'and bear 5 or jlan. flX to