Stilwell Democrat Journal (Newspaper) - July 25, 1946, Stilwell, Oklahoma 1ME SHOULD STILWELL AIMS 30, is the DAY in If are to go will vote on Ten Freeholders who will submit and a new constitution and for this recommendations reflect the better points in good government and picked from six excellent Oklahoma are to m vote a franchise to Stilwell Athletic pledge to improve our city park and add many modern diversions for the youth of A VOTE ON MEANS A P Volume 5(1 ADAIR JULY 23. 1946 Number 17 FOR ENTRANCE is seeking outlets in Adair People who have heard of the wonderful marvelous returns from fruits and vegetables are wanting to come and share our good We cannot let them come unless we of fer a little Public better and better phone service and sewage and a better The first four can be solved with a medium sized bond The latter rests entirely with our merchants and It takes advertising to exploit the potentialities of as a market also as a focal center for the canning No one is going to do this advertising which carries with it a generous measure of Until Stilwell merchants awaken to the real values of advertising our splendid we shall just another small county seat town in Eastern CANDIDATES HAVE COME and gone with their fair November will tell the tale as to which candidate can tell the best Do not put too much credence in any political promise whether it be from a local or a state-wide They mean but in their enthusiasm they want to do more than they can. But promises get votes and that is exactly what Mr. Candidate HOME THOSE who have been here in the harness 1015,20 years are the ones to confide in but not too But with those wanting a better home town will be your best Guard against the one who hampers growth of INFLATION HAS HIT St dwell in several phases of living There is only way to stop that is for employees to ask for more to enable them to eat and on a fair If you are getting any type of labor for less than a living wage you should revise your or RENTALS ARK NOW too high in Stilwell and any further advances indicate We hope the rich landlords and owners of Stilwell will they are doing - and not want to too LACKING IN POLITICAL Adair county is just another border county without influence in our state Why not look to the future and by next years get for Adair county a State Is that asking too When Adair county had a state How come that and Sequoyah always get grapes and It's have the Slate think this over next legislative elections in m. TWENTY-FOUR HOUR AT CANNING COMPANY A sit-down and picketing pressure at Stilwell Canning began at 7:00 a. m. Friday was compromised with the gaining a 20 percent increase in pay and resuming their duties Saturday The 160 dissatisfied workers were 60 cents per for unskilled labor and without or warning of any nature placed the picketing pressure and notified the management that there would be no or unloading until the matter was I Taken by complete Frank general hurriedly conferred with local Roy Reese and erry Ethridge and journeyed to Springdale to contact others The dock was load ed with fresh tomatoes and approximately worth was lost during the 12 1 hour ALL NOW SATISFIED Early Saturday morning Mr. Kimmel advised the strikers that the company would meet a 20 percent bringing unskilled labor to 50 cents per which proposition was immediately It is higher than similar factories in this and 40 cents to 70 was in line with all prominent packers Factory workers put in extra hours Saturday to catch up the lost IMPROVEMENTS Morton's Dry Goods store opened Saturday to a full day of Mr. Morton indicated that better would be coming along most every day and that he will have his Improvements on prices were noted this A little up on meals in some of the cafes and a small boost on ice men have to go to Kansas City for .so don't hold that against A little up I on dairy products and on tain also a good up ( on These improvements | do not repair the pocketbooks I of the small wage Hope Lumber & Supply new offices just south of their is coming nicely with floor tilings and five ceilings the order of business this When completed with a modernized it. will be one of the classiest buildings in Nominees TURNER WINS NOMINATION FOR GOV HODGE AND MURPHY WINNERS Dixie east-sider can for Oklahoma's Governor the Democratic nomination with Roy carrying a majority of 25,000 at latest press Upsets in the state-wide stopped political careers if Mable long time STILWELL CANNERY WORKERS ORGANIZE LOCAL AF of L AGGIE COMMITTEE TAKE OVER KIWANIS PROGRAM Oklahoma Fifty percent of Kiwanis membership met at the 1-2 hour at Stilwell Cafe Commissioner of Charities ion eran of the Supreme Court Superintendent of struct long a thorn in To show their peeve at three Congress a 20-vear Dean State Federation of who I when the hour was alloted to has been in Stilwell since Kiwanis Agriculture committee announced the enrolment of nearly 100 Cannery Supt. 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