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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-06

rents, which are received for from
town property. \ very modest little
cottage brings $50 and 1925 a month
to its owner
The old one-story frame store
buildings with high false fronts along
Main street have disappeared. In
stead there are orderly rows of
tastefully decorated brick and stone
business blocks with Offices in the
upper stories. The jumbled window
displays of the old time country mer.
chants-bolts of gingham. cases of
brooms. hardware childreus suits
and mems oyeralls. oil piled togeth.
ed indiscriminately-ha disappear
ed. Many city merchants might get
patterns from the handsomely deco
rated shop windows OF the little
city's storekeepers.
The motor car has come TO the
wheat belt to stay. There was a time
when the farmers boys highest am.
bition in the way OF pleasure We.
hicle and equipment was two.
Nhacld cart and a lively stepping
colt \ few years later the top"
buggy replaced the gig and the horse
had TO be OF real trotting stock with
perhaps a county fair record. Now
the horse is taking a back seat. The
young farmer had to have something
faster than horseflesh, so he has
turned to the motor car. Dozens of
the big red farm barns now have a
place for the car. In some barns may
be- found two or three belonging to
various memhe $ of the family. The
young wheat raisers know how to
drive these machines, too. They
scorch over the country roads as
deity as the city chauffers travel
/ over the bouleyards when the pop
pop police squad are out of sight
The country towns are full Of mo-
tor cars ON Saturdays and the Old
hitchng racks have many fewer
teams tied to them than formerly.
Instead OF swapping stories about
their colts on the shady side of Hop
| per's corner the farmers maybe heard
discussing the merits of their ma
chimes and the fast runs they made
TO town.
And the wheat belt motor car own
ers have their troubles, too. as do
! their city brothers over the speed
| question. Only "A week ago the city
council OF Pratt none of the mem
( bers of which are motorists, passed
a speed ordinance. II provided that
/ the maximum speed for motor cars
on the city streets should not exceed
/ eight miles an hour. over crossings
and along street corners the maxi
mum limit was placed at two miles
an hour.
/ The next morning there were in
dignation meetings on the four princi.
pal street corners There was de-
mand for rehearing of the ordi.
nance Just to be accommodating the
councilmen held another meeting
and Dave Blaine, Pratt county's in
dependent member OF the Kansas leg,
islature, addressed the aldermen in
behalf OF the motorists. When Mr.
Blaine is not making political cam,
pigns or writing philippics against
the robber freight rates on the rail
roads he sells motor cars,
You're trying TO retard civic de
yelopment, Mr. Blaine told the coun
ell You're against progress and the
city's higher interests, why gentle
man va cant go nj the rate of tWC
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-06

The cities in the wheat belt are
sharing in the general prosperity.
They are fast taking on metropolitan
airs and are growing rapidly. Pratt,
Kas., is a good example of "A thriy-
ing center OF the wheat district. Ten
years ago the population was a bare
thousand. Now IL is 1000. II has an
electric light plant municipal wa
ter plant and is installing a new sew
er system. A new high school build
ing is to be built this fall.
One of the striking things about
the town is the number Of resi-
dences that have been built in the
last two years. They are not the
hatchet planned alobcs of the farm
ing community centers Of a dozen
years ago, but are better built and
show more architectural taste than
the ordinary city home. The major
ity have been planned by good ar
chitects and constructed by expert
workmen. The hastily constructed
wooden shell Is no longer seen
There are no wooden sidewalks, \
I city ordinance ccmpels the laying OF
| cement walks in every section of the
city, All crossings are of rock. An
other surprising thing is the bis
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-06

Il knew the wheat country in the
9Os. In those days the farmers pre-.
pared their ground for wheat in the
easiest possible manner. In many
cases the grain was drilled into the
stubble ground, from which the pre-
ceding crop had been cut without
any cultivation whatever. No such
slipsho1 methods go now All the
ground is plowed for wheat II II
isn't Flowed it's listed and worked
down. which amounts to the same
thing There's more corn grown now
too, than there used to be, and few
er cattle raised than fifteen years
ago. The grazing land has become
too valuable to be left in grass and
the most of It is now being cult
yated
There are no 'scrubby' cattle and
hags. Almost every farmer has regis.
tered stock The short horns and the
white faces are the best obtanable
and the hogs are all blooded stock
The horses, too, are much improved
and bring as good prices as they dc
in Kansas City. Only the latest de
| signs In farm implements and mach
| merry are to be found on the Kan
sas farms and there's world OF new
! tools which were never heard oil
twenty years ago. The country is ful
OF thrashing machines. Almost al
the wheat thrashing IS finished now
Fifteen years ago when lived or
Kansas farm the thrashing season
ended about the time snow begar
to fly.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-06

1T may sound trifle strange,
but | saw farmers buying their but
ter and eggs and in one instance a
farmer buying chickens Tor his Sun
day dinner.
We don't have to do it, explain
ed one farmer when asked him
why he didn't make his own butter.
The women folks always tended to
the butter and egg departments at
our place. when We got so We could
afford 1t we let the women rest a
little, too. It's no more than right.
I've begun to learn though what city
folks mean when they talk about
the difficulty of getting fresh eggs
ard cod butter. II these good wheat
crops continue half the farmers wont
have enough butter aud eggs on
their own farms for home use.
AND there's another surpuse for
the old time whcat gtoScr. Tho best
crops are no lonPn' proiI2cd 90 Com
ground rs fot ue.". Iherr was q
time when it was believed that
stalk ground was the ideal wheat
land II made far better grain and
more bushels TO the acre than the
plowed stubble fields. For several
years this has not been the case
Nowadays the corn stalk land yield
much less than the ord nary plowed
ground which has been Sowed "a
wheat the year previous The farmers
all agree that they do not get sat
isfactory results from the corn
ground, but they can offer no expla
/ nation
! "'It just seems as IL there was
something lacking in the corn ground
soil one farmer said. I cant eX
plain 1t and I've never heard any
one give a good reason for this change
which has come about in the last
few years. It's a good question foI
some of these agricultural schools
to work on
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-06

Foley's Orlno Laxative Is new
remedy, an Improvement on the lax
atiyes of former years, 1t does not
grippe or nauseate and is pleasant TO
take. 1t is guaranteed. For sale by
all druggists.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-06

It's easy To reason with man
after you have staked him to a good
dinner.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12
lAIK HAYEN NEWS
Carpet Bowling Promises to Be Popular Winter sport--Rev,
 Dr, Sheath s Sermon

Carpet bowling promises to be more largely pauionlzed in lraIr Haven the coming season than evcr although there was a good beginning made the present year. Live oak council of I'air Haven has appointed q commt- tee to interest Se other city councils of tho Royal Aruanum In organizing 2 city league and this committee will yist the various councils and present -lme a city league of the Arcanum bowlers has been formed, At the meeting of the state association of carpet bowling of the Royal Arcanum | held in this city last week John W, Kessel of Llve Oak council was elect ed tho stato secretary The president l Is Frank Cfoodcnild of South Nor | walk and Mir, Kesse Ia secretary and \ treasurer The association Ia to have a board of trustees which will select n ! committee of five to arrange a sChed- ] ule of games The meeting to organ Ize city bowling league will prob ably be held at the hall of Live Oak council on Thursday evening of noxt week Not only among the local Arcanumites, but in several other lo- cal societies, bowling is to be a popu- lar entertainment the coming season. At an early date there will be bowl Ing match between tho team from East Rock lodge, No. 3S, A. o, U, w., and a team from Israel Putnam lodge, This is expected to be an exciting con test for both lodges have strong teams.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12
YALE.WEST POINT F00s
 BALL GAME.

The Hudson River Day Line will its famous Steamer HENDRI HUDSON from New York to WE POINT and RETURN as . special b for the Yale. West Point Footl Game on October 17, leaving Desbi ses street $50, West 42d street 1OI West 129th street 10:35 a. m., ari tug at West Point before the DRI PARADE. The return will be m; immediately after the Game. due New York In two and one.quar hours.
 RESTAURANT and Lunch Roo MUSIC. Tickets ($1.2b) may be in advance at tho Day Line Offlce, T presses street. New York.
 Same boat and service to Cole and Princeton Games Oct. A and
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

The burglary al Eugene H. Rowe's jewelry store, pl Grand avenue, f'rl day evening, ae already stated In thls paper was one of the boldest In this part of tho city in many years, Such n bold affair at 10 o'clock in the even ing was indeed a remarkable occur renee. The actual loss in jewelry was only slb or s20 three watch fobs having been grabbed from the win dow, but the loss of the plato glass window which was smashed by a atone, was greater and lt will cost at least $50 Co replace 1t,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

For October 1 yesterday was cer- ta!nly marked by nigh temperature, the maximum having been above the 70 mark. In some churches where
 fires had been burning in the furnaces it was necessary 10 bank them, or let them go out Tine attendance at the churches in the morning was some
 what limited owing to the threatening
 weather, but lariler congregations as- sembled at evening service In the
 afternoon IS the clouds rolled away,
 thousands took advantage Of the fine
 weather for outings to the shore or
 to the country There were extra
 trollcys running and including quite a | number of summer cars which were
 the most sought Rather different weather than we had in the sos" remarked an aged resident yesterday
 when contrasting weather conditions
 then and conditions now If l recol- | lect right it was back in october ! lS36 or very near that year. know I anyway it was on tine Sth Of october and the ground was frozen and snow
 covered the ground Up north In this
 state there were six inches of snow on a level and the drifts were much ! higher But the snow did not last 1 long for there came mildor weather | soon after. Rather different from
 temperatures of | and even 15 we | have had the past week
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

Tinker Bells life by saying that they believe in fairies the child joined earn estly in tho demonstration of assent, then turning radiantly to her mother, sine remarked How lucky lt was that came. ."-London Telegraph.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12
Starin's N. Y. & N. H. Line.

DAILY EXCEPT SATURDAY. PASsEN GER AND FREIGHr SERVICE Leaves New Haven 500 ?. Yn.. 6tariu Pier. foot of Brown Street Leave New York goo D. m.. CortlAndt Street Pier No i3. N R Fare 7bc.. excursion tickets si.25. Rooms S1. Tiko Chap. ell Street cars 10 Brewery street
 C. H. FISHER, Agent,
 New Haven. Coan
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

Melbourne has added another 10 the long list of Peter Pan stories A lady in the Victorian capital took her little girl to sec the play. At the stage where Peter appeals to the audience to save
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12
z8M Marine ReCorr GSs
PORT OF NEW HAVEN.

Arrlved-schoonor Sarah F.. Eaton from Callls, Me, for Branford schoone, Mary Buckley from New York; Steam. CT Clifford from New York, steamel Clifford and one barge from Mason Island for stratford Breakwatcr
 Sa led--Schooner Superior for New York; Schooner Three Twins for New York,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12
TItJIii,

Fair Haven people want q pier Where now Is nousht but mud and
 sand,
 At lowest tide they want to steer WEcre they can get ont on dry land II is but Tight that they should nave some place to land from motor boat The city can give them healins salNe If cash the board Of lnanoe votes on QuIunpiars northern shore
 What all old hoHtmen call the reach Between the bridges mile or more, There's not an Inch of decent beach raxos we know arc very high.
 And money Is close and scan ro down this protect some will try X million for an incIneratlng plant
 ALBERT BRADLEY
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12
NEW LONDON MARINE NEWS,

New London, Oct ll--Arrived Tug Sea KinT,, ono barge from West Cum herinnd, three do
 Sailed Schooner Samuel Hart, from Cora l., Staples, with four harges from ra4t
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

The Ladies ' Aid society of thls church will hold It's annual meeting on Wednesday at D, m, At this meeting the ladies request that all who are to contribute to the rummaee sale ,soon to be held, send their articles to the chapel of the church At s;3o the la Nes will serve their first society sup per of the season,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

The engagement Is announced Of Mrs, EIarrlett Hanselpeoker Of 20 Ad- mIral street of her daughter, Miss Florence May Hanselpacker to James T, Toole of this city. The Hanselpatk- CT family resided In Fsr Haven for many years
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12
ATLANTIC CITY.

HOTEL. STRAND, Always open, Ca- pncliy 800, Built of steel, brick nni stone located ocean end of ,Pennsyl- sea water baths, slngle or on suite, steam heat throughout Elevator street level tQ top floor, Fall and winter rates on application r, B, OFF, man. aser L, c, EDWARDS, assistant man aRer,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

The Ladies' Social guild of the Grand Avenue Congregational church are planning for Il concert to be given in the church on "wednesday evening of next week The concert will he given by the Schubert quartet,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

Gamma chapter, Phi Sigma Sorori- ty, will give a tea to the freshman and sophomore classes of the New Haven high school on Friday after noon from 2 to ( o'clock at the nome of Miss Mary E, Law, 74 Cold Spring street Tho chapter, Sigma Lambda Nh will be entertained in the evening,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

The Mems club of the Grand Avenue Congregational church will hold its meeting in the church parlors on Mon- day evening of next week, The speaker of tho evening has not yet boon se- leCted
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12
PERSONAL NOTES

monthly meeting of the women's board of Grace hospital will be held al the matron's home, corner Chapel and Beers street, Monday afternoon at olclock.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

There will be a meeting of the of- flcers and executive committee of the Peoples Choral union during the week, when plans for the coming sea son will be arranged and work to be taken up decided upon Much inter est is already apparent among those who are already members and others who hope to he, and very success full season s anticipated
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

The Ministerins cITIe of Kings Daughters of the Grand Avenue Con- EreBationRl church will meet Thursday Y at 2,So at the home of Mrs Chandler GA 1-2 AtWater street
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

Frank Clark, tho lad who was ac-
 cldontslly kicked in the head playing football. although severely injured is getting along very we'll This Is tho first severe Injury in football in this part of the city this season, b4i there are likely to be more, for there Is hardly year that some of the Falr Haven players do not sustain bone fractures,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

The services at tbe Home for th" Friendless we're conducted yesterday afternoon hF Rev, Dr, Sheath
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

A the Grand Avenue Baptist church yesterday morning the pastor, Rev Charles C. Smith preached an inter- estinc sermon on The onward March" and during the sermon. he spoke con- corning the annual meeting Of the New Haven Baptist association at Mcrdcn the past week which he and a delega- ton from this church, attended. Mir
 smith said | had been the banner year ir the association, there having been 5SS baptisms, In less than SO churches
 The prayer meetings in two-thirds or the churches was largely attributable to the evangelical meetings held around the county early in the year
 Nil Smith said the report on henevol- ence was made at the association hv Dr Munro of the First Baptist church in this city one third of the churches had shown an increase in contributions for henevolence for missions and the poor and large contributions had been made toward the Baptist restoration fund of tho state MT smith said that the churches which gave the most in 'N'iN'' 'i'Ii'' | lIi'f''l tue IdIkPNl sums TOT their own needs He said the associa- ton had made an apportionmont for the amount that should he given the coming year for each church in the as sociaton for some of the churches tho apportionment was more than was now being given He said the report for the Sunday school work in the associ- ation had been made by Rev. Daniel Trick of fhe Howard Avenue Baptist church. The conversions in the schools were in larger number than year ago and the attendance In two-thirds of the schools was also increased. He spoke of the contributions of the home sunday school for missions which was larger In proportion than tho contrlhu- tions from the church Mir Smith said the Baptist denomination in this country was going forward W.sile | claspine hands with all denominations, he said the members of the Baptist church should he loyal to their own church In the work it was doing. Ho pleaded for more hearty work and more generous contributions for the year to come,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

Tho dcsconcss of the Grand Avenue Congregational church just appointed Mss Edith Groot will begin her duties in tho parish this week,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

The Mems club of Grace r t church will hold it's first meeting of the season in the parish house Wednesday even
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

The Rev. and Mrs. James DeWolt Perry, IT, who have been occupying Mrs. James Mason Hoppin's house in Westyille all summer, and Mrs Per rvs parents. Prof and Mrs. John r. Weir, who have been with them, have all returned to town, Prof and Mrs. Weir to their home in Trumbull street and Mir, and Mrs, Perry to the rectJry In Wooster street.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

Mir and Mrs. r. H. swee2cy sailed for Cuba on Saturday on the new steamship Havana.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

The past week has been marked by large number of weddings, June and october are the banner months for weddings and quite nsmber of marriages arc yet ta be celebrated in FaIr Haven and vicinity during the balance of the month, There were four large weddings in Fair Haven and vicinity as already chroniclcd during tho week and several small home weddings
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12
CEREBRAL, suIup,>c NrrS

Mlnn,9aha, from London for New York was 3la miles east 0f Sandy Hook at noon, will dock noon Monday,
 New York, Oct ll,--ArrlVedi Steam. ms Cdiednnla, Glasgow and Neville Rotterdam, Rotterdam,
 Cape Race Oct, il,--stoamer kalscr Wilhelm Der Crosse, for Now York was reported by Mnrcnngram l25r miles cas- of sandy Hook at o;3Q u, m W,l dock ao a, rly WednssdnN
 New YOrt, Oct, ll,-r-Sn fled Slrnmn, ThemstocIeF (sts MoraItisl Naples etc
 Philadelphia, oct, u,-.Arlved steamer Frlesisnd, Liverpool via QueenstbWn,
 Montreah t1et, lit-~Arrlyed} Steamer Hibernian, London and Hnvre,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

ius A. this meeting Attorney Dwight " rultle will give an account of hls trip to South America few months ago Mir Futile who was tQ have sIv- on this talk before the club last season
 was prevented by Illness from doIng so,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

'Tns last time l saw yeu you were complaining about rour servant bclng slow,
 'O6 shes progressing now"
 Us she, realyP
 Yes Sne'H setlina slower and sioWEr, ~-Democrntic Telegram,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

Mir, and Mrs Lyman Goodrich have returned from their bridal tour and are now al their newly furnished apartments. g Pine street
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

Miss Margaret Carroll of Chapel street Is entertaining Miss Alice Me- Carthy of Brooklyn
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

The Pequot Canoe club announces an informal dance to be held at tho Shoreham on the evening of necem- Der 3. This will be the clubs first so- Gial affair of the season
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

The members of the Epvorth league are anticipating large au- dencc at their literary entertainment to be given in the East Pearl street M r. church on Wednesday evening. There will De reading by Prof. John w Wctzel of Yale and musical selec- finns
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12
JEWELLERS.
NE w TEWELRY STYLES

Our Fall gathering of jewelry con sists of new designs in brooches. fcs- toons, bracelets, lockcts and chalns. Tho handsomcst showing of rings of all sorts we've ever had. Also Il dnc assortment Of new patterns in Lorg- nette Chains
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

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Middletown transcript., 1908-02-22
PERSONALITIES

Mrsls. :. Holten entertained liersister
Mrs. Paxon, this week.
Miss Elizabeth R. Hall iss visiting
friends IN Philadelphia;
Mr.. aud Mrs. Isaac TAI lor spent Thurs.
day in Havre de Grace, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. D. Howell entertained
Smyrna friends on last Sunday.
Miss Viola Ennis, Of Philadelphia, is
the guest Of Miss Martha Heaton.
Mrs. E. ]. Pennington has returned
home, after visit with Chester Pa, rela-
tives.
Miss Martha Heaton is at home, after
an extended visit with relatives in Elkton,
Md, and in Philadelphia.
Mrs. P. B. Messick was in Smyrna on
Friday, as guest Of the ladies of the
Century Club Of that town.
Mr.. Charles P. Cochran who has been
seriously i'll far several days, is much
improved at this writing.
Mr.. Roy D. voshell has accepted posi-
tion as Assistant Master Mechanic for the
Albany Consolidated Traction Co, of Al
bany, N. Y.
Mr.. Benjamin Biggs, who is attending
school at Lawrenceviile, N. j., spent
Sunday with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
W. B. Biggs.
Mrs Horace B. Mcdowell aud Miss
Martha Heaton attended the special meet
ing of the Women's Century Club of
Smyrna yesterday.
DR.. and Mrs. J. Allen johnson enter
tanned few friends at euchre at their
pleasant home on West Main Street
Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. D. Bradford left
on Wednesday for Palm Beach and,
other points in the South. They will
be absent for several weeks.