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ONLY PAPER, in the CITY, of more than 3.500. Poples.and has the bigest circulation of any and all other papers, in the City, combind. Vol. 9 KREBS. OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, August 19th. 1920. Number 27 The Gospel of Labor By HENRY VAN DYKE, D. D. But I think the King of that country comes out from His tireless host, And walks In this world of the weary, as If He loved It the most; And here In the dusty confusion, with eyes that are heavy and dim, He meets again the laboring men who are looking and longing for Him. He cancels the curse of Eden, and brings them a blessing instead; Blessed are they that labor, for Jesus partakes of their bread. Ho puts His hand to their burdens, He enters their homes at night; Who does his best shall have a guest, the Master of life and light ; . vf&itfMxxanosnK, I CURRENT I IEVENTS IN OKLAHOMA Henry Van Dyke. And courage will come with His presence and patience returns at His touch), And manifold sine be forgiven to tho6e who love Him much; And the cries of envy and anger will change to the songs of cheer, For the tolling age will forget its rage when the Prince of Peace draws near. This Is the Gospel of Labor ring it, ye bells of the kirk , The Lord of Love came down from above, to live with the men who work. This Is the rose that He planted, here In the thorn-cursed soil Heaven Is blest with perfect rest, but the blessing of earth is toil. To Each Man Has Been Allotted Certain Work to Be Required of Him Columbus begged his way from Idoor to door In a strange land, lead ing his little son forlornly by the hand. Thomas A. Edison wns the prey of bill collector, who dogged his footsteps like hungry wolves. There nre countless other men iJknown nnd unknown to history who suffered nameless persecutions, even Buffering death Itself because they could not be dissuaded from doing the work that they bellevod It was theirs to do. Work was their religion. Tt was the ruling passion of their lives. "And, after all, work is the groat adventure," ns Frank Lane said not long ago In one of his public speeches, Work should be every man's re ligion. God himself has said that it Us the truest way to prny. It is only the devil who loves to find our bands Idle. Now, It Is true also that It Is not given to nil men to make magic fid dles, to grasp beauteous ceramics from the oven or to discover new worlds. But, It is also true that overy man enn find work for his hands to do. It may be very humble work, In deed ; It may be work that anyone can do; but no matter what It Is, wo can make It great. We can make it holy, even. We can consecrate our work by the soul that we put into It. It seems to us that God's most gra cious dispensation to men Is that he continuously creates a sufficient num ber of them to do the common tasks. If we were nil of us bent on making fiddles or ceramics, painting pictures and wenving songs, there would be no one left to hew the wood and draw the wnter. In other words, If we were all "art ists," who would cook the meals and wnsh the dishes? There is no dignity to equal the dig nity of labor. Remember that. And remember, too, that there is no labor that lacks dignity, no matter how simple or how common or how hum ble its tasks may be. SAVE KANSAS MANY DOLLARS Engineering Experiment Station Tests All Materials to Be Used in Road Building. The road materials laboratory of the Kansas engineering experiment sta tion Is in charge ot the testing of all materials for ue on federal aid ronds in the state of Kansas. More than 7o car loads of detective cement and bricks submitted for test in the past year have been rejected, thus saving the state mim thousands of dollars. FINANCING SYSTEM OF ROADS Proper Procedure of County or Dis trict Is Matter Open for Much Discussion. Just how a county or district should proceed to finance a system of roads Is a matter open for discussion. It depends upon how nfpidly they need thein and upon how well they are able to pay, In other words on their val uation and the cost of the wotk contemplated. Crown for Earth Roads. Well maintained earth roads need very little crown. The wider and Hat ter the earth road, the better, If It has good drainage and Is kept constantly smooth. LABOR'S HOLIDAY. In 1884 the Knights of Labor held a parade in New York on the first Monday In September and a resolution adopted made it thereafter Labor day. Colo rado led In making It a state holiday on March 15, 1887, and now only two or three states have not followed. In Penn sylvania In 1893 the first Satur day wa6 appointed, but on June 23, 1897, Governor Hastinga signed the bill falling in line with the "First Monday." A BACHELOR'S PRAYER Backward, turn backward, O Time, in our flight ! Give us a maiden with skirts not so light; Gie us a girl whose charms, many or few, Are not exposed by much peek-a-boo. Give us a maiden, no matter what age, Who won't u.-.e the street for a vaudeille stage; Give us a girl not so sharply in I view ; I Dress her in skirts that the sun ' won't shine through, .'hen give us the dances of days 1 long gone by ; With plenty of clothes and steps I not so high ; Oust turkey-trot capers and but termilk glides, i The hurdy-gurdy twist and the wiggletail hlide; Then let us feast our tired optics once more On a genuine woman as Sweet as of yore. Yes, Time, please turn backward and grant our request For God's richest blessing but not one undieed. PITTSBURG COUNTY FREE F1K SEPT. 14 to 18. THE COUNTY FAIR, ENID FIRE IS DISASTROUS Low Water Pressure Hinders Firemen Loss Estimated at $250,000. Enid. Fire of unknown origin, ac companied by explosions, completely gutted the Geromino Automobile fac tory at a loss of $250,000 All fire de partments of the city were called and although hindered by low water pres sure, prevented the Bpread of tho flames to surrounding buildings. The Are originated in the paint room, supposed to be from spontan eous combustion The loss to the building is $45,000. 'to slock, $150,000, and to tools, $50,000. Investigations Df the cause of the fire will be start ed immediately, according to Will Al len, president of the company. The plant is covered by $55,000 Insurance. FATHER SHOOTS HIS CHILD "Choc" Beer Is Blamed for Act Occur ing In Scuffle. Henryetta While thought to have been under the influence of "choc," Lester Burgess, workman on the steam shovel gang at the Alko mines, accidentally shot his child at his homo here. Burgess is K-lcjgd to have had a quarrel with another man while at town. When be came home he got his gun and started to leave the house. The wife with the baby in her arms tried to hinder him, and the gun went off. The child it Is thought will le covor. Burgess, who has been liberated fiom Jail, said he served with tho American army in France. WOMAN IS RUNNING STILL Stillwater Officers Find Remote Hid ing Place. Stillwater. Mrs. Wade Tunnell was captured Saturday, August 7, in tho operation of a still out mile south and one mile west of tho Yale bridge, tho Btill being hidden in the timber along the Cimarron river, surrounded by al most impassable underbrush of weeds and thickets. The raid was conducted by Sheriff Lilley, assisted by other of ficers, and the still was found after a search of several hours. It is the first still that has been captured in Payne county and perhaps the first woman that has been anested for the opera tion of one in the state. Two Indians Killed By Train. Holdenvillo. While crossing tho Frisco railroad track four milos north of Yeagor in a buggy two Indian wo won were instantly killed by Frisco passenger train No. 512. The women were Kizzie Long and Fixleo Nee. Their bodies were brought to Hoi denvllle for burial. According to the engineer the women were fully warn ed by signals but apparently ignored them and drove on to the track. Tulsa Water Well Flowing Gasoline. Tulsa. Tho well of J. H. Berry, lo cated in the lnduntrial section is now giving up CO gravity gasoline. Negro tenants have been pumping the prod uct from the well for two weeks and emptying it into the sewer, thinking someone had spilled kerosene into tho well. Officials of a local oil com pany here were called and pronounced It gasoline. They could offer no plaus ible explanation for the sudden sup ply of gasoline. BIG ROUND-UP FOR DURANT Huge Premiums Offerod and Manyi Cattle Bought for Contests, Oh, let us see the county fair (I orgel the cost of living 1) Fveiybody will be there To" see "the show they're giving The beef-steers broad, tho corn stalks tall, The windmills humming gaily; The meek-eyed Jersey in the stall, The races pulled off daily. We'll go and see the fruits and grain That farmers take a pride in, And maybe find an aeroplane That we can take a ride in. We want to see the bread and cakes And what the high school m teaches ; Exam'ine all the plows and rakes, And note the blushing peaches. To see the fair in days of yore Was not an easy matter ; We, had to rise at three or four, And all was rush and clatter; We'd feed and water Ding and Dong And hitch them to the surrey, But now "it rambles right along" And gets there in a hurry. Five Civilized Tribes allowed Barnett $1,000 for tho trip. Barnett, Mrs. Bar nett and her young daughter will make the trip by motor car. Dm ant.-IWlth tho exception of ex dibits, a celebration planned to be big ger and bettor than any county fair ever held In the southwest, will be hold in Durant at the fair grounds September 1 to 4. The Bryan county fair association will not hold a fair this year so the Durant Found-up and race meet will be held in its place. More than F3.000 00 in premiums for running hoi se races and more than $6,000.00 In the liding, roping and bull dogghig contests will be offerod. One hundred and twonty-flvo wild Brahma cattle have been purchased for the roping and bull dogging con gests and elRhty-aix cowboys nnd cow Birlb have mado entry for these , svents. FT. SILL SOLDIERS GET "Y" Men Now Get Recreation Place At I Lawton. McAlester Schools Boost Manual Arts. McAlester. From this year on tho aim of the McAlester school system will be to stress vocational subjects o that a direct and visible benefit can bo gained by the pupil In Mb Work after graduation, says W. O. Masterson, superintendent of city schools. For this renson, the manual training, domestic science and art and commercial departments in the new high school have received special attention. Lawton. Oh boy! ain't it a grand tnd glorloiiB feeling! A big rest room tvhore you can go when you just want to loaf around town, sonio place to lake your girl beaideB the court house lawn, pool tables, shower baths, u jymnnsium, all tho latest magazines, i piano and a Victrola. And It don't Boat a cent to enjoy it. Geo! This whb the unanimous sentiment s the several hundred soldiers from Fort Sill who attended the opening of the new army Y. M. C. A. here last week. This army "Y" under the di rection of W. W. Wilcox and an under lecretary will be run without expense lo either town or Fort Sill and will bo Dpon every day from 7 a. m. until 11 p. m. On special occasions it will bo Dpen longer. POSTMASTERS- APPOINTED1 Civil Service Examinations To Bo Held in Six State Towns. Big Jobbers Mill Burns. Oklahoma City. Fire ot unknown origin gutted the warehouse of tho Russell Jobbers Mills company caus ing $75,000 damage to that plant, par tially destroying a freight car on a nearby Biding, and constantly for more than an hour threatened to spread. The building, a four story structure walled with sheet iron arad mostly full K barrels of vinegar and sacks of pea auts, was spouting flame from every crack and crevice by the time the firBt fire companies arrived. In addition to Its use as a warehouse. " j Washington. Civil service examina-l lions for fourth clasB postmasters will1 bo held September 9 to fill vacancies In the following towns, the civil ser vice commission announced: Coopera-i lion, Indianapolis, Stanley, Summer Held, Tamaha and Watova. Tho postofilco department an-' nouncod appointment of tho following1 fuurth-class postmasters hi Oklahoma: Francis Davis, Lockrldgo, succeeding1 Aiina Anient, nnd John A. Vaughan, Nashoba, succeeding Sarah E. Adding ton. Doth retiring postmasters re signed. 'BROOM CORN HARVEST ON Long Divorced Couple Remarried. Miami. Scott W. McCollum, 55 years old of Ottawa, and Emma Jane McCollum, 48 years old, of Joplln, Mo. were remarried here by Justice A. J. Lampkia, after being divorced for thirty years. This is the third couple that Judge Lampkin has remarried in tho last three months. Garvin County Farmers Storing Crop for Better Prices. Indians Have Big Dance At Watonga. Watonga. Choyonne and Arapahoo Indians elebrated their Buffalo dance, two and a half miles south of Waton ga, on the II. S. Lookabaugh pasture Kiowaa, Comanchios and Poncas also are encamped an the pasture. Pauls Valley. Last week marks tho first of the season's broom corn, gath ered, threshed, balled and hauled to the market. All corn bo far has been stored, as there has been no market There have been a few scattering of ferings of $250 a ton but farmers say it will take $400 to get the corn. Thore Is only 30 per cent of last year's' acreage planted. OSAGE OFFICERS GET RAISE Kingficher Farmers Organize. Kingflbher. Farmers of Kingfisher at a mooting In tho court house le cently perfected a farmer's wheat growing association. The organization will be used by the farmers to help them get higher prices. County Has Increase In Population Since 1910. Granary Made In Kingfisher Office. Kingfisher. A. E. Bracken has found it more profitable to turn his largo office building fcito a wheat erannry. An office room back of a rug store Is being filled with wheat. Pawhuska. Because of Increase in population of Osago county since 1910 salaries of county officers will be rais ed. This advance will take effect with the beginning of new terms, and makes a revision of the county estimate ne cessary before tho excise board can fix tho tax levy for the coining year. Barnett To Spend Vacation In West. Muskogee. Jackson Burnett, mil-1 ionaJre Creek Indian, 73 years old, who WHS married several months ago to Mrs, Anna Laura Lowe, a Kansas City woman about half his ago, was granted. permission to spend a month In the mountains of Colorado for his health Superintendent, Parker of the To Control Weevils. Clean grain bins carefully before putting grain Into thorn, to control grain-weevils. CITY WILL SELL STREETS Purcell Finds Low District Better For Farm Than Public Use. Provide Plenty of Water. Provide plenty of wutor for your stock and the birds. Purcell. Purcell will sell some of Its streets and alleys In the southwest1 part of the city, using the money for city purposes. Quito a bit of low land unsulted for tho city can be used for agricultural purposes when streets and alleys are closed It Is said.