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The Beaver Herald MMUDE 0. THOMAS, - - Pubtithar. PUBLISHED KVEIfi THURSDAY rntHMwd cUit t3illinitlr. j AiTJ-rtifinj rate mmle known upon application. Prlc" rrnwilmble. Sitbicrintlon Price, 2 00 a Year UOIll.lffi GIIHATKST lMtODUGKlt The Cnlttd- States Is the most fioductlve country on narth. It tad alt the rest o the glolio In yields of Ihi mlnp, tho soil and tte fcetor'. This fact was tersely aarl cofcdittt set forth foy Judgu Klbm I. Gary chairman of tho Board of the United State Steel Corporation In an address which J" aiadc before the American Iron al b'fnol Institute J nil Re Gary raid: "Notwithstanding the United States am only 6' per cent of tho worldV population, and but 7 per ctt of the worlds land, wo pro icn; 10 per cent of tho world's mip ply of gold. "15 per cent of tho world's sup plr of wheat. . "0 por cent of the world's sup ?Y of Iron ami steel. "40 per cent of the world's sup ?lr of lead. "40 per cont of tho world's sup- lj- of sliver. . "50 per cent of the world's sup ply of zinc. "C2 per cent of tT.o "world's sup ply of coal. "60 per cent of the world's sup sly of aluminum. "CO per cent of the world's sup ply or copper. "SO per cent of the world's sup ply of cotton. "IG per cent of the world's sup ply of oil. "76 per cen tof the world's sup 9y or corn. "5" per cent of the world's sup ly of automobiles." In fare of a marvelous showing Kto that, who can for a moment ottbt the ftitury prosperity of this tfttintrr? -tnn.v nuxo.w in mimtauv UNIT I .Vornun, Okln." (Special) Out of a total of 678 University of Okla-J noma freshmen and sophomore' irn Interested In the U. O. T. C.I TElllUry onlts. lleavt- rccunty Is con trlt'iitlnK" one this fall, according to Major Carl A. Ilaehr commandant. The University of Oklahoma It O. T. C unit are the bet organized and most completely equipped or ganization In the entire southwest, Vetted States arm Inspectors do 's ar. I Government Issued equipment at tte state university amounts to nrv than $300,000, consisting of trucl., motors, tractors, machine irons, field piece. rifle, ilraft an isialr. mounts, band Instruments,1 xo1 all neceseary equipment and seIlft'o for practical and efficient military training. Tn years of military science Is required before 'graduation ol all awn physically able, and without serious, military oxprrlence. Train ing In either artillery or Infantry ss ottered. Advanced courses load iK to a commission In the reserve fens. la optional with the students. rus rear slijatudents are taking itivrni it oaursjfs leading to a ro-' ; eommlssion. and more will r n.lcil for this work. Major B-1r bolfeves, after the Oklahoma raits here been In operation longor. Ki prc-ientatlveo of Beaver county la tho rnlrerslty of Oklahoma It. O. T. C Include J. U. Duncan, prl- c; I'r.npany B. Uorgan. rVlAHVlXtJ rillI.I)KKN Tuenfv-thre.! million dollars urn tuvAcd ta save the lives or three ! ctilKou people who are dying of hsoGer and cold In Kurope. I Tho "Literary Digest' haa start ed a ,fnn4 to rnlim thl.t amount of ney and have received nearly j "n uihiiuh nuuars ior wnicu crrnn ?' Rivets (a tjia mafptlnn. In every town in the United Sulci collections uro being- made far tlti commendable undertaking. How IK Heaver show up. The sHillam will save a child. The money will be expended tor ibe narpo for which It was given. Xo ulnrb's or swivel chair pfr qufvttM connected with this chaiity. Tt fuad.l will tar rntci'il liprniiKA rfye ncvtpapcni are backing wji tho' rjvement and giving flee sjMce In ttUr columns to let tho people keow what is being done to flaw tt lives of children who am dy-' isc of old and hunger. I Snd jcur check to the l.Iteiaiy; r--m:, ,v0w York city. .V. Y. You ,w never regret It. ."i.yts J WATl'IU.Vd UJLKOTA nouth r IC&'l b.r'3 JlT over the country v7 btui prospering as never lie cro, t! csct-ptlon Is noted In NojIIi IKXju. inert- many of thcs.,-ln-Ji;u:iin.s recently have, closed lliclr drorv. TIiqih ctinMiTsant with the fcid of government existing thero KCif' lis intimate connection with If.n basrncre of the people will ex perience no surprise. It has heeu frerly prexflctcd from tho time tho Nun-rartlsan league came Into con traj cf the North. Dakota state wjV vraaiuit that disaster for about evibjdy uxcirt tho league leaders hultl follow. It seems to have arrived. Money may be acquired hy a few through sharp practices, Tut tlus man.iwi must work for what Uivy get. i'rnsperity cannot bo snatched from tho air. If thero be Urtnrrs who still think that tho league ti a good thing let tliera lep their eyes on North Dakota 1ur the next twu years. Life ,mkik f flP 'J tllAUUvH .SWINDAIJ, lU-pieM-ntatlvo 5u CongTe"i from thf KltiOi DNUict of Okluliomn. 0"e o' the nine "baby members" of tiie House of Representatives In the 'ast session or the Sixty-sixth Cong ens Is Charles Swlndall, law tor and man of largo affairs In Woodward county, Oklahoma, Mr. Swini all was elected to the unex plrul term of the lato Dick 1 Morg.-n, being chosen from the rnnl;s of the Republicans of the Uightl' District by a majority of 10,207 as the logical leader of hti party. While this Is Mr. Swlndali's flirt -ppearanco In Washington as a na tional legislator, he has been serv--g his commonwealth In various capacities, political and civic, for masy years, and has grown to a -ommnndlng position In the esteem ind confidence of his feltow cltl tns. and It Is no political secret that he will be sent back to Wash ington after this brief legislative j. in. It nee, because by right of personn'lly. public service. and -ecognlzed ability, he Is tho Re publican wno stands urst in mc public ee In Oklahoma. Therefore, if, a sequence to wnai iias kuuc "-" (ore when Mr. Swlndall seeks elec lon to Congress he will naturally jf ch.ifccn. And there Is peculiar u,ei in this fact, for Mr. Swln t.ll has demonstrated his ability s t l'glslator, and his recon' hWR that he Is a political leader f no mean repute. Mr. Sv.lndall was bom at College Mound. Texas, where' his father. H'tiaihrn Wnrd Swlndall, was a ucher He was raised on a farm ear his native town. Ho attended . high school at Terrell, Texas, nd his siudles there were supple i: nted by courses ot Vanderbllt nil Cumberland Universities. He grodiir.ted In law at Cumberland In S'i7. and soon after opened n law fflc in 'he town of Woodward, )l;ltho.;in which since 1900 has boen his home. Mr. Swlndall went iulckl to the rront among tho law yers of Woodward county, being cjocutor for the Texas Cattle Raisers' Association In the Sixth Ju n.'l Dls'-ict of Oklahoma. H de this he had a large legal irrrtlee In the ountIe' adjoining V.Kulward county. He Is a proml irt member ot the State Bir As oclatlon r.nd f the American Bar -ncoctatlon. Mr. Swlndall p. rtlclpated In the ollllcal activities of his county und stnte aintost from the day of .1? arrival In Woodward. He soon jocamo county attorney. He has iteu Republican State Commlttee lan from Woodward county since 912, r.nu uetegaic to mc itauonai ': publican Convention In 1916. During. th period of the Buro- enn War, Mr. Swlndall was ac- vely affiliated with Red Cross otk In Oklahoma and the Snuth- cM. being District Manager North- estern Distilct of his state, and halt man of the Woodward county .opter. Ills time credit In tho led Cross service was 1,64 hours. 1c was also a permanent member f the Legal Odvlsory Board of Woodward county, hy appointment rcmi the prrsident under the Se- .tlvo Scrvlco Act. The new Representative Is a ipson Ot high degree. Is a member I the order ot Klks. Is a Knight t I'y'ulHS and a Modern Wood- Mr. Swiudnll'K large business at- lions are with tho Woodward .vestment Company of Oklahoma .nil the AMen-Parsons Oil Company . ScoltsUUe. Kentucky. As this brief record shows, Mr. w!udall Is the kind of a man who . Is In naturally with tho new or r of things In Washington, whore . rtsentatlves In Congrvos are com Ini; more and more to be men of 5v people who have hewn out I "o places for themselves by ac- lies In which the voters have pe '. their lives and have Rlcdged ilit'.r fortunes. O. M. Barr Is driving a new i i -aobllo car, a purchase the past ,il from N. II. Davis, local dealer. Itcy Carter and wlfo and little i ot Ramona. spent Christmas rre with Mrs. Carter's father, 'mr.fc MrKllllps and other relatives. Jerry Sims, brothor of Mrs. Jas. 1. Crabtree, Is n new pupil o( Beav ir schools. Ho Is making his home vl:h his sister and family. Uernr.rd Loofbourrow spent tho 'lolldayt: at home with his parents, fudge and Mrs. R. H. Loofbourrow. Ho returned lo his- studies at O. U. the first ot tho week. l'AIl-M IIUItKAU NKWH I (By County Agent W. B. Hanley, I taken partly from tho Farm Bureau! Department of Drovers' Telegram, Dec. 24.) The Chamber of Commerce of Kansas City offers $2,000 In cash prizes to tho County Farm Bureaus of Missouri showing tho greatest number of scrub bulls replaced by registered bulls In their respective counties. Thirty flvo live stock breeders and actlre farmers met at tho Farm Bureau office on Satur day afternoon and made arrange ments for a purebred sire campaign which Is to be carried on In Jack son county on Jan. 13 and 14. I mention this simply to show some of the- things that the Farm Bureau Is doing In other places. In the annual meeting ot the Am erican Farm Bureau Federation nt Indianapolis, December 0th, 7th, and Sth thero were 37 Mates rep resentor with n total membership of over 1,500,000. When wo take Into consideration that any farm problem can be taken up with our County Farm Bureau then passed on to the stato organization and on to tho National Federation Is seems '.lint any falrmlndcd farmer would bo glad to Join at the first oppor tunity. I have the promise of an able man to nsslst In forming a County Farm Bureau for Beaver county some time In January and remember that no part of the mem bership feo will go to the organi zers as is usually the case as his salary, like mine. Is already paid. riU'.KATS AVOX'T HEM' MATTERS Bolshevism Is threatening the farmers of the Middle west because of tho situation In which they find themselves. A. J. Shoyer, secre tary of the Nebraska Farmers' Fed eration, told the Joint committee on agriculture of the house and senate which Is Investigating farm conditions. Thousands of farmers, he said, had turned Republican In the hope that the Republican administration would afford them relief. If that relief was not forthcoming, he added, the farmers' were likely to turn Just as readily to the teach ings of the Bolshevists. Level headed farmers will, follow no such course. Neither the Re publican party, the Democratic party, tho Socialist party or any other party can change the laws of supply and demand or maintain artificial prices for any length of time. The farmers today face exactly tho same conditions as are faced by the mining Industry, the timber Industry, our merchant marine and every othor Industry which bene fited greatly by wartime prices. Figured on a basis of wartime C03t of opciatinn and profit, the mining, timber, ship and other Industries face heavy losses. But these In dustries have started to readjust, dropped their prices and are re ducing their tost of operation cor respondingly. No legislation which the farmers or any other class could force tlnough congress to hold up prices in any line will remedy the situa tion. The final result would simp ly be a worse collapse than any normnl drop which Is now taking place. Ailvlilng the farmers to turn bolshevistn Is the wortt advice that could be given for It would be the ' rir-"-s themselves who would suf fer the greatest loss. IXMT.ANCK . Contrary to all theories, life In- ("suranco was tremendously expanded by the artlon of the U. S. govern ment taking over Insurance ot Its army and navy. While government affairs are sel dom conducted as carefully or suc cessfully as private business. In handling Insurance the government had to go to the extstlng Insurance companies for Its Ideas, blank forms and contracts and experienced men to handle the bureau. Marine insurance was not favor ably affected by government carry ing the same. By restrictions of laws and large deposits required by states, marine Insurance has been largely kept In the hands ot foreign companies. Fire, Insurance has passed thru three fairly prosperous years due to fire prevention campaigns and Incarea.ped value of property in sured. ' In fplte of mounting cost of operation as In other llneu. In surance has remained at pre-war flgtirrs, except for a short time dur ing the war when ten per cent sur tax was added for a few months. With falling markets there will he Increasing business failures and increased losses and the ratio of fire hazard will constantly grow and the colvency of fire Insutance companies will depend on maintain ing rates. The people are learning that in surance Is a greater asset of credit in the business of the nation than even our flexible and highly Im proved federal res?rve banking sys tem, for Insurance stands behind all credit. War underwriting profits were not distributed as dividends but were added to the surpluses and re serves of companies to meet the period of readjustments and In creasing losses which the Insurance companies knew would come. HIDE LIGHTS Those who live the most are not tho ones who live tho fastest. Don't believe all you hear and very little you think you see. Don't borrow trouble .with the Intention of returning It with In terest. Cheerfulness Is about the only contagious thing wo aren't afraid of &sd some ot us shrink from that. Don't skim the cream oft the milk of human kindness before peddling It out. "A NATION SAVED BY AMERICA," SAYS CLEVELAND H. DODGE New York Business Man De scribes Vast Armenian Work of Near East Relief. Cleveland II. Dodge, New York bank er and business man, director of tlm National City Bunk, and treasurer of The Russell Sage Foundation and of the Near East Relief, declares that "a nation has been saved by American philanthropy, and the generosity of the American people through the Near Ess' Relief, In Its work for the Ar K'nlans. "The lowest official estimate Indl dates that one million persons are llv lng today who would not be alive hud It not been for this relief." Mr. Dodge continued. "I have nn autograph letter from Ur. II. OhnniUinilan. president of the Armenian Republic, In which lie writes: 'America literally saved us 'om starvation.' "Wholly aside from adults who have been K.ived from starvation, we today CLEVELAND H. DODGE. have In onMinmige- nud elsewhere un der our care 110,000 homeless, father less or motherless children who are absolutely dependent upon us. This Is cxclushe of tr. I.ospltnls with C.loU beds. 12S clinics, rescue homes for girls nud unnumbered thousands of refugees who are being helped through our industrial relief and In other ways. "The Near Enst Relief has dqrlng the ast four or five tears commission ed and sent to the Near East more than 1,000 American relief workers, of whom 500 are stl'l Jn the Bold, all of them working nt great financial sacri fice the standard of salary being SM per month and maintenance and mnny of them facing great personal danger and hardship in the perform ance of their life-savlu; service. A score of them hove died from typhus or other diseases more or less related to ihelr faithfulness In the perform ance of relief service "Nor Is that all. We "have raised and disbursed during war times nud In A war-'.nrn nreu. In Wge measure under enemy control, more than $41. 000,000 In cash, and. Including tlour Red Cross and otlier supplies ndinlu Istered by our agents, u total ot cohh und supplies In excess of $50,000,0h The official reports show that on Jim .10, 1020. we had In orphanages M,00i children, and thnt we are parttalb .supporting outside of the orphanage M.030 children, making a total of 110 000 boys nnd girls now under the car of the Near East Relief." Mr. Dodge considers the vtork of th NeHr East Relief one of the mosi stupendous undertaking-! of disinter ested philanthropy the world has ever seen. "If. countries whose population ta tnls more than 30,000,000 souls, Amrl can Idealism exemplified by the work of the Near Eust Relief constitutes today a torch of enlightenment, and Influtnc for peace throughout the whole Near East he maintains. "Our American Ideal of liberty. Industry ami helpfulness has brought us as a people happiness, prosperity and fulfillment. Out of the fullness of this heritage we are fornlshtng a faithful and un daunted Chrlstl. n people tho brotherlr aid which will enable them to reach tl. same fulfillment that God has given us. "It Is an achievement of which every American may well be proud." A Ring at YOUR Door. 1 ErrrruT&t vidiBiMdHsBsHMKsHsH $&?" If Your Dealer Sold Cheap Quality Goods you could buy just as cheaply from him as you can by mail. Prices are based on quality and you pay only for what you get Pretty pictures and well worded phrasesmay sell you the goods,butyour money can buy only so much quality. Your dealer could probably sell you the same grade of goods you buy from 1 ... .... nn... f fircf VAtt a catalog dui u yuu m u. . j" might not consider it worth the price. Uono h must keen a better quality '',l'J$L&2!hWJ "That's Mfy Home" THE planning and building of your home is of no interest whatever to your neighbor, but to you it is a very important taskan achievement that you will I iiSZ : CurtiG want to be able to point to with pride, and say -that's MY home!" Here is a home that will enable you to do that a home of which any man could well be proud. It is of English type with five rooms, though from the outside it appears much larger. Downstairs are three rooms living room, dining room, and kitchen. Upstairs there arc tuo large bed rooms, each with a roomy closet adjoining. The bath room is conveniently located, and as it is directly over the kitchen, the same plumbing is permitted for both rooms. .This is .a Trowbridge & Ackerman home, being designed bv those noted New York architect Anil this but one of 200 home designs from which you can make your selection, r Prer.ft,uaIly buyful homes of four different architectural types-CoIonisi, English. Western, and Southern, and ranging in size from three to eight rooms, are sfeown in portfolios. You should have one of these portfolios to help you In the planning aad election of your new home. And if you wish we will obtain one for youf Turn yourbome building dreamj into realitiea and start action tHi- Carload of Cement Here Now. HOME LUMBER 6 SUPPLY CO., J.E. Spurrier, Mgr IW Mb k Mill ing Company Groan aurvd Coed . B. Couch, Mgr. sfei 72(9 U '& m and his prices are graded accordingly. Avoid disappoint ment by trading lo cally. It's cheaper in the lo"8 run to0- - wwwionw