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OKLAHOMA CITY TIMES, MONDAY, AUGUST R, 1918
What to Vilh Veterans?
This h Vital Wa) Question;
Tims to Act Now, Peat Says
(Continued from pngt 1.)
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Ihere was a parade-I saw il -air!
though 1 am a prnsiiWird and partly
crippled returned 111:111 inyrlt, I
dropped salt tears at ific siidit.
The returned soldier is a problem n I
ta.y of solution. He went aw.iv f'""
his home tnwti Sit o'dinary. even il.-v
verane man. ssith all hin limbs and all
hi-, faculties, nerves an imlfiimui nn m -tily.
certaitilv after lu eciired J l'i- (li
ne of inti'ii ne tr.iininn.
",f War Has Ch.inp.rd Him,
He rnmri back allrr a 1l.1v. a week
month or ears in the tir u' c- Pe
r!nrn after faei'i 1 1-n t li for hiine!f
mill lcsto tiTti death upon his enemy
)lr has killed in c1f dcl'erc lint 1:
rfianpes him. He has scrti mil r : tf -for
we are not (tcj-.tinc; a clean foe. iv
arc fii'iitine dermans.
He has Ined in wamp of tmil
Waved in o "?v incurs of watet
and pestilence. ;
. Then lie has come hofir.
There has been a me" mil ii'ictvit '
ff hosiiral. He has been rntei lamed
h friends who ate vrt Mr.u'i'erv and '
now he has rnnir home.
Govemment Helps Some.
The novemetit which fed him
tlolhed htm and Mftod hy him on th"
battlefield nives him a paprr-he is no
lvnuer a soldier. Thru hr receive yet
another paorr. and each month a
check moMlv a 111. II hei 1.. It won'. !
t'i a lot of tnonrv to pension to the
full a million njen for wli.it tlicih.iic
done.
There arr an infinite v.itieti id
prohlrms, all of which need a dieteit
treatment. There is the man who
worked with Ins hand. He h.i lo-l
his rinht arm now how is he to Ir irn
a new trade; how is he to rst::ldill
himself when the trade is leanird.'
Woist Are "Touched."
Thrre aie th worst cases of all- the;
menially alie. !e,l. (If the totally in- j
nine there are few. I'nfortiin.iiclv iheic
are many mn-c wl'.o are "lonched "-men
who have had shell shoik. priliaps; men
who hae h't all memory, all sense j
of idctitU and men who niav hae
lost the memoiy only of ten or twenty
yrars of their lues. S! ramie cases
all of them, and all calliiiR tor a sep
arate treatir t Are these men.
"slightly touched" just a tn.lc awry,
to he imprisoned for life in an e. tali
is a slight scar on rach side of the
facr hut no dif o;iu e"ient. hut Caiheiv
has lost something of value uncounted
in comparison with anpeat Slice. He is
not insane, very far from it; he is not
idiotic he is not totally inih.i! meed.
He is iiit a little "touched," erratic,
unahle to roncrntt ate. lie is ipii'e sen
sible, can ta'k coherently and will on
many topics, hut cannot sustain the con
veisation lor limit, his mind noes oft
at a tangent. He has wild ideas, plans,
projects. He cannot. mnt not he con
fined. It would kill the f'ee soul of
kim. He still writes, hut often weirdly
and with little form or rohcrrtvc He
will slay in the citv for wei';s, then
suddenly gather together a ci'mini: out
fithe started last summer with a pack
of neirly ninety pounds rookim; ves
lels strutiR on top and sides, a five
foot saw and fiftv copies of a news
paper which had printed some 1
verses.
Can't Concentrate,
f his
"I've got to go lo' the woods," he told
old Joe. "I want to hear the sipfirrels
chatter and the hlrds tw iltering-. I
want lo sleep hi the open, and I want
to smell tliTfreh sap of a newly sawn
1 1 ee
Hut Cathcry was hark inside of the
hshmi'iit with madmen, or are they to
he w airbed over 111 a special institu
11.11, unaided and at last possibly
1 r mi' lit hack hv tenderness, symiiatliv
and c rreit tieatmeiit to ani)tiual con
d t n '
Take the case of Carberv He was a
fine, up -1 .mil iiik western lad and .still
is line, tall "and strongly huilt, stronger
in ihvsiiue and constitution, pet haps,
than hefoie. 'Carherv enlisted. He
Plight well, was a favorite with offi-
r. and men and had developed a
prettv In: 11 with his pen durum the
ni. 'iiotonoiis Uioiirs if forced idlcnesi.
How Carbety Out His.
Then Carberv got his. a hullet en
Icied the left side of his head, pisl
l.elow the temple and over the check
hone It came out attain at almost the
idrn'iral spot on the rght side. There
week, ru-liing at express speed as he
walked up and down the main thor
nughfairs of the town looking full of
husiness. appearing ino-e hira re each
d:iv in Ins wideawake hlack felt hat
and hallalion badge in front of it, his
I- rr 111 li painter's hlouse of tan corduroy
his bine trousers flooding wiMlv oi"
his soltly inoccasined feet. I'oor old
I aiherv. Iwentv tnc years of age now
not to If placed in a home, lor the
restraint might loosen the slight hold
he has on 'taJLiahty, not a relation in
the wide wWWHiut the hrother still
tuditniK ih'pendent on a Kraleful conn
In ai'd leaniiiK heavily ou the vm
pathetic slionhleis of returned and
wounded s.ddiers who treat him as Ihey
would a favorite child.
They Need Company.
'I hose re'linied men have heen living
111 closest roiimiuioon with cofiuadts
lor 1 ears or uiiinlhs down into the
d'lilhs w ith them or up inl flights ot
idi ih 111; ihry fiair hecone increasingly
and wholly Ki'cvarions. These men can
not he, dare not he planted on lonely
homesteads miles from anywhere, far
from touch with other hui.ians like him
self. If left alone the returned sohliei
will hroud on the things of horror he
has seen, which die down and flicker
out when cheerful company prevails
That is wh" the Canadian Rmeinmenl
and the Veterans' cluh are working on
,the ipiestiort (if community lioldiiiRS and
settlements. The (and would he largely
a revivifvinfl work for the men hut
not the life of the solitary pioneer.
How About Welcome?
Then there is the lesser ipiestiiin of
welcoming hotne'the returned and con
valescent man. an important question
also. Some three years atpi 'he mavor
in Winnipeg had a caller, lie ((reeled
the stranger kindlv.
"I am a returned soldier Last fall
I was a recruit sent off to 1'iaiice with
hands playing, folk cheerini;. flaws wav
ing. Yrsterdav I arrived hack ill.
wearv, maimed. I arrived to a station
vet received my discharge monry and
I upenl last night on the streets. Are"
we all 10 ri tin 11 111 this fashion'"
The mlvvor was . horrified. No one
had rememhered the hroken men who
come luck, not in joyous hattalions.
hut in ones and twos and scattered
hum hes. Things, aie different in Win
nipeg lodiv. In receptions it was the
pioneer citv of the dominion, anil
throughout Canada reception commit
tees meet all newcofners.
It Takes FotethouRht.
Fiery man and woman can help in
the forethought and preparation. Ev
ery man and woman must help. There
is nolhing surely too much to do ffir
your hoy who has faced death, gone
down unto the depths and returned to
von lv'eivcm'ier someone else's hoy is
is dear as yours.
Are you awake-are vou, thinking
ahead - are vat thcNndividual who is
making your nation a grateful country?
0'oitIkM Itolihn Men III eonumliv.
ISIK: ilre it ttrli on riw'-' - renernil, !lt
Paper Mills Are
Called Essential;
Cut Asked, Though
Washington Aug. sPaper
nulls have heen listed as an essential
industry, the priorities division of the
war industries hynrd announced today",
on the undcrstandiniT that the greatest
possihle economy will he exercised in
1 he use of paper and that newspapers
will reduce their consnmplion of news
print IS percent on dailv editions and
..D percent on Sunday editions.
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Plenty of Water
Is Assured City
"Hespile the v.i y dry spell that we
are now ((Cling through, the city still
has plenty of water and we ewecj to bs
aide to continue such a supply without
1 he necessity of placing anv restrictions
as regards watering lawns and such
things," said Doctor Street, water com
missioner, this morning, "1 i ust tele
phoned up to Woodward and they say
up there that there is great plenty of
water coming down to us. At present
the pumps are drawing from nine to
sr-rr ".'-: z. ..: ri ... tj u
ten millions of gallons of water a day
to meet the demands of the city. This
faire amount we expect to continue 10
furnish."
-w.a.a
The golden rule i,s eclipsed in war
time. The hoys at the (rout don't rx
actly do unto others at they would have
others do unto them.
empty -of a friendly face. I had not Century l-rena. Ine., N V)
ll'ullllcal A'l vertlHiHKl
Robert W. Maupin
DEMOCRAT
for Counlj Attorney
I)o vou want a man for county
attorney w ',10 has made a success
ot his piivate husiness and who
will, therefore, efficiently handle
your county affairs? If so, vote
ior Kohett W. Maunin and secure
a competent and fearless prose
cutor who will win in November
Let's Have a Democrat County
Attorney
MAUPIN! MAUPINJ MAUTIN!
(1'otitlenl Advertising)
(Pnlltleiil Aritvrtlalng)
W. A. DURANT
DEMOCRAT
FOR GOVERNOR
Who Has
Done More
For
Oklahoma
Than
W. A. Durant?
His services to the state
ever since statehood pre
sent a record that needs
no detailed information.
We present his record for
what it is worth. We have not indulged in any person
alities that would reflect in the least on the manly char
acter of William A. Durant. His has been a clean cut,
open and above bonrd presentation of h;s claims to the
hiphest office that the voters of the state can accord him.
HE IS ENTITLED TO YOUR VOTE
on the basis of
ABSOLUTE EFFICIENCY.
Consult Your Own Interests Before You
Cast Your Ballot.
DURANT FOR GOVERNOR CLUB.
1
Maupin Addresses
His Friends
To My Friends:
On Tuesday the democrats will decide whether
I shall be their nominee for County Attorney. Vou
have been supporting me throughout this fitfht. Win
or lose, I owe jtou a debt of gratitude that I can never
adequately repay may I ask of you one final favor?
lift us not fail to reap the harvest of the valiant
work f the truest and most loyal friends a man ever
'had. Many fiphts have been lost by overconfidence.
Take it upon yourselves to fipeak to your friends
today and Tuesday. Tell them we don't expect or
want the support of that class who violate the law as
a business.
Tell them that I have a few personal enemieg
who can't fortrive me because they have wronged
me who to cover the weakness of their candidate
charge that becnure I hav( been a justice I haven't
the requisite ability to fill the office.
My friends answer this calumny by telling' them
that the ablest democratic lawyers are supporting
me such men as T. G. Chambers, C. B Stuart, R. R.
Kcll. W. A. I.edbetter. Sam H. Harris. W. Frank Wil
son, K. A. Klienschmidt. Cu'vt. J. H. Grant, K. J. Gid
dings. Harry W. Priest, W. J. Davidson, Krnest Cham
bers, George B. Rittenhouse, A. E. Pearson, W. D.
Hereford, ). A. Richardson. Mont F. Highley, John
Tomerlin, H. L. Stuart. W. F. Mcf.pury, W. A. Smith,
H. F, Young, Joe Bailey Allen, Norman Haskell and
many others.
You and I will always regret it if we let victory
slip tbroufh our fingers. Let us pull tortether and
we will win triumphantly. 'Your friend,
ROBERT W. MAUPIN
rolltlel Alvcrtllh
VOTE
FOR
ScivaSly
Koljrrt F S. Scivally, democrat
whose thirty years practu al" ex
perience farming and raising live
stock in Oklahoma makes him the
Inuiial selection of all the people
fur the democrat ir nomination foi
president .f the State Hoard ot
Agrn iitlure.
A S.WK SrN'VlIU K PRAC
TICAL AM) SC( I I.SSh L I
I'AKM VU. LIVESTOCK KAIS-l-.H
AN'l) HCSINKSS MAN
HK I'KLSIliK.ST OF 'II I H
SJ'ATK.
Coard of Agriculture
Soldiers, business men labor iny
men. farmrrs, live Mock breeders
all the ieop!e will rally to th
support of the man who is pia!i
fied to inrrease the food supply
for our boys in the trenches, out
allies and ourselves.
VOTE
-For-
Robert F. Scivally
Cartel County Stivclly Club
(Political Advertlaliif)
Jo Lo LYOM i
A DEMOCRAT
FOR STATE
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EASUREK
To the Voters of Oklahoma:
I made my former campaign without losing a clay's time to my employers, and
my race for State Treasurer will be made and 1 will not lose a day from my office.
My time belongs to the people of this State and you will find me in my office not a
private office, but in the one with my working force at any time you call. I have
been your servant for three years, and my total personal expense has only been
$ 1 2 1 .90, and my office has been conducted at an expense of less than $ 1 4,000 per
year, and revenues collected and turned into the State Treasury are in excess of
$570,000. 1 have given my personal attention to the office all of the time. I made
no promise in my former campaign and will make none in this, except, if nominated
and elected, I will be your faithful and efficient servant.
J. L. LYON