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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-03-16
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM

We. the democrats OF the City Of
Ardmore, in mass meeting assembled
do hereby declare the following as
our platform Of principles:
a. We renew our allegiance to
the democratic party and adhere to
each and every plank in the demo
cratic platform of 1903.
60 We demand that the affairs of
the City OF Ardmore be conducted
along business lines and with econ.
omy, and that the same rigid economy
shall be used in the conduct OF the
city's business as In the private bust
ness OF any mercantile establish
ment, and that the books and records
of all departments Of our city shall
BE- 50 kept that every citizen can
readily know the condition of the
clty's business.
(3.) We heartily favor the voting
OF the bonds as designated In the call
OF our mayor and approve and en-
dorse such bond issue.
(iD We demand that the money
from the sale OF these bonds be eX.
pended as far as possible in the city
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-03-16
Kino Edwards Health.

LONDON, March lG-Tnc Kings
health Is one Of the chief topics al
the clubs. His physicians have rec
commended him TO reduce the number
Of his daily cigars. one difficulty is
that ne does not sleep well. II half
his majesty's subjects were as poor
" as he IS, what a face they would
make The reason why, after all,
he IS going TO Biarritz and not to
Brighton. IS that the former being
further away, gives him a greater
means Of escape from business.
Although no official intimation has
Dee made. II is understood that the
king and queen will visit Malta dur
ing April It Is expected that their
majesties will first visit Messina and
Reggie, ana afterwards go on TO
Malta for four days stay.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-03-16

Of Ardmure and that IN all public and
municipal improvements TO be carried
on with the proceeds of such bonds,
that preference be given TO home con.
tractors who pledge themselves TO
employ home labor, as far as practi.
cal, realizing that Ardmore can fur.
nish help, brains and energy suffic!.
ent 20 build a magnificent city.
60 We demand that no man be
appointed TO office in the new ad.
ministration who is not an honest,
clean man of ability and integrity.
We endorse the city charter and more
especially endorse the initiative. ref.
erendum and recall.
We call upon every member of the
democratic party and all those inter
ested in good government TO rally to
the support OF the ticket nominated by
the democrats OF Ardmore, March 10.
1909, and earnestly insist that every
member OF the democratic party and
every citizen of Ardmore pull togeth.
er with the determination 70 make
the city OF Ardmore a model and an
example for good government. eco
nomical administration and the EN-.
ployment OF home men on public i'm
proyements.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-03-16

'' military aiair without guns
When Mas'erson ana Daniels Daniels hearl 'i
'A.S th'y shoo" WIN I'usn'e'' SUI.
h'.nE az D'use ,.'' anu ..''E "'.''
'Ih 'he! '"'c"''h N'''''S'"' "''.
..' Two l''-'"l a-''"'
'Phl the o.noh u-ht '- both OF
'.em' said Nae'er,on 'o Daniels
t"- Im -o'rt '' spring som'fHlHI
and there ".. '' .o' %. buck
.'t Ia'H ." M'|.'n ".d l.'-'-
'n
You fellows ".. surely H'E. ''
i.E 'r'" .H'. ''s against '"'
..- ~ '." . "H' ''n 0'H.ih e
'n N"'.H- . Cham claw.
aHW"r GOA. ANA s'oF''.0o ha.
-'.. .H 'a.s country
NH's.n a'" I..saman 'd.HN. pale
d. the Thought remembering gi'I''.E
'." 0ioFe'... 'a'F hai sl'' ar.
Neither hal 0N.. worn dress snit
.u his life Ih.F were ov",p'w r''
. "r the persuasion ~ Nas''rs'n and
. Daniels ana jed - shop "her"
+ 'fo us' Of such apparel may h" 'r.
'HF.' upon payment of q small "a.
/ Ma-'o~sou and Daniels declare
/ that they laughed until tears stream.
/ 90 down their checks at 10" 'rcssins
/ NJ NIadsen ami Tilehman. Nadsen
/ hal the most trouble with his shirt
! 'hr sides of the front lIarins up
( from beneath his vos'. Ike q tent
wall in q cow-cImp on windy night
F. Madison asked for cen stake hu'
'hoc was none handy TIghmau
distress was most acute after D..
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-03-16
LEGISLATURE WAS ECONOMIC
COMPARING THE APPROPRIA.
TONS AND OUR URGENT
NEEDS WITH KANSAS.

Guthrie. otal NTTch 1G-The
couc"usus of opinion here relative
10 the work of the legislative ssion
just closed SIS that there was big
wor. to do and that 'hc legislators
arose 20 the occasion
A l.v politicians, more interest .
I'D go party success than in the ma.
teriul development Of the state, are
loudly eiHcisiug what they term a
monogoI mad legislature, but the
business men. who realize that bus.
mess methods must be used in state
JWGiug the same as in othe. on.
,.pris.s. are upholdIug the law
b makers.
The total appropriation 'or the
/ coming two years and for the def.
ci ucy of las, year. will bo over So
100000 This is less than was the
+. appropriation mad, By the legisla.
turc OF the state of Kansas IN their
session that has Just closed and
comparing the needs of the two
states. reveals m. fact that Okla.
. h8ma has been much more oconom.
lcal than Kansas.
A few weeks ago. We had hum
drcd- OF prisoners thrown upon our
hands by the refusal OF the stat, OF
Kansas 10 care for them longer.
Shall We coufu. and work them, or
turn them loose upon our citizen
ship This is one question hat Is
not two sided. hence a big appro-
priation 10 build a p nltentiary at
McAles'er and a rcformatory al
Granite
Shall Oklahoma give the people
the advantage of higher education
, Another question that has but on"
, answer. The best educational facili-
ties are none too good for Oklaho-
ma. hence large appropriations for
the university at Norman. the \. Il
IN. College at saltwater. the state
Normals AZ Alva Wcatherford and
g., Edmond. and for the new educational
and charitable institutions at Durant.
, Tahlequah Aln. Vinita. Claremore,
Pauls Valley. Chickasha, sulphur,
.. Ft Gibson and Taft
Al each OF these places new build
ings must be erected. and as W" are
not merely building for tomorrow
the law makers made adequate ap-
propriations for substantial build
r ings. The negroes were taken care
A OF at T.angston and W re given an
orphans home At Taft. The legisll'
tors were made of the same ma'e.
rial as the men who are building TIE
p cities of our state They were state
70 builders and diA not stop for par.
y tisan criticism. and yet. with provi.
S sions for all OF the above aud soy.
f rral other buildings not mentioned
q the Oklahoma appropriations m,ro
. less than Kansas
q Thor IS considerable speculation
as 90 what the gubcrna'orial prun.
Q ing knife will do for the appyop"i.
T. a'ious as the constitution gives The
4 governor the power 70 veto or en-
our separate items without votriug
. the whole bill.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-03-16
MRS. TAFT A LEADER
a WOMAN WITH A WAY THAT
DOES THINGS AND HAS THEM
DONE AS SHE SAYS.


Washington, March I'--'i Is q1''
apparent that Mrs. 1aii proposes 10
make the position Of the first lady
Of the land ON" of sr"ndor such as
has not been seen sine the days oi
Dolly Madison. Her ambitious NINA
had plans made even before her hus'
''n' was lnauaN''''l as evidence"
hF the INVITATION To- me b'IihF $40
TrrS 10 ID come welcome guests ''
the WHIT" house. Ana Sl' proclaim.
% the worid mat she proposed
10 De the Wiie OF 'h' pr'S'd'h' ''
riding with MN rom the 'api'"'
'" 'l' NA'. mousse 'h '"F %. '''
.h''I'. .'.''h' '"' '''7' ''''' S"'' Il
'h'ns bias occurred 10 'h' history OF
'h' country.
h.i'.' no was erected I'D "'''''
'''7i'''' IA'i "a' "a p"o"c S'''''
m'hi .''' ne had NOT o''h u" see
q p.'N .h q 'h'a''r I'' twenty years
ana 'h.i th" LAST one ne saw was
ncl' Nm '''In Nl'hin 'h'
.I'N, week ai''r me- became president
h'. win Mrs. ran ana 'asI''n'
''I' party occupied p"N'S az 'h'''
mays I'D .ocni th'a''rs. ms is 'i'aT'
F me WISH OF MIS- Ia'''
N'7. I''"S''''' retained me ser
Vices "I So'''I ''''"'N VINO "'S
nor Only secretary 'n' was q
sort "' social censor Tor 'h' "hi'.
mousse as wei Su' maze th' US'S
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-03-16

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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-03-16
Money TO Loan.

On farm lands at low rate OF inter
est on five and seven years time
VI. l. Alexander, Ardmore, Okla
26lm
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-03-16

Two Lyceum courses will BE- given
this spring Reno. the magician, Fri
day night. March 10Th. at the opera
house.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-03-16
FOR SALE.

FOR SAIE-2oO acre farm, $50 in
cultivation, well improved adjOlns
town OF Durwooi on the north, has
convenience OF good school and
clutches Half cash balance easy
terms. Price $500, \. F, Tyndall
nurwood, OKLA. 23lm
FOR SAL,-Old papers, good 10 20
under carpets, paper the walls Of
your rooms or make warm fires
Ardmorcite office.
WANTED To sell you saddles. har.
ness. blankets, collars and brides
Hunter Il McAdoo, - Washington
Street l9lm
FOR SALE Eggs for Matching,
Pure Rhode Island Reds r. l..
Scott, Phone 355 white. sim
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-03-16
HOW GREAT
WENT DOWN
BOILED SHIRTS AND TALL HATS
HUMBLE GIANTS or THE
PLAINS.
HECK THOMAS SOLI0QUIzES

"Cr-s' Waase1 ana "BU Tlgrua.
Tempted and Betrayed into Even.
ing Dress BY BAT" mas'erson e,
a. for q White HOUSE Function
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-03-16

Lost anything? Advertise Il In The
Ardmorene Want columns
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-03-16

FOR RENT For light housekeeping
two large rooms, within one block
of Main street See L. VI. Goff, or
phone i97 2S-tf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-03-16
WANT ADS
J LINES ) TIMES ) DIMES
WANTED.


WANTED AT ONCE Live man IN
Ardmo-. D\lso Other town. Boo OK
hhomH 20 sell the YALE MOTOR
CYCLE Liberal cIutra. 10 the
right maa Some cash qulr"d 20
cover the micaIu. tor display and
demonstration which remains your
propor,D o. you want to know
more about this pleasant and prof
table business and are iu posi-.
tion io ac' Immediately wt.,r me
a. out r \. Johnston, Gen. Agent
Texas and Oklahoma . wheat
BliS. References First state
Bank G Trus, CO.. For. Worth
Texas u,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-03-16
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT One OF the best homes
iu West Ardmorc, modern convent.
cuccs j ". Shackc,ford Phone
glS. III
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-03-16
FINANCIAL.
LOST

LOST OR STOLEN Bird dog. brown
head and brown spot at root of tail,
balance white 4 suitable reward
will be given Wears collar bearing
name OF VI p. aim, finder notify
phone N3l. NJ =. Fam. 1913
LOST Last Tuesday night one
nice long brown fur between X
OF =. Han or Majestic thoate-
aud North Washington street Re.
turn 10 Mrs. Al Rice and receive
4eward 1873
Read Ardmoreite want ads.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-03-16

WANTED Men to- learn barber trad"
irw weeks completes, sixty chairs
constantly busy, careful instructors.
tools given. diplomas granted. wag
cs Saturdays. positions waiting.
wonderful demand for graduates,
write for catalogue Mu'or Bnrbcr
College, Dallas ToN. li6
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-03-16

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-20
THE pANDElloA QUESTION.

Sioux City is seriously considering
radical measures for the extirpation
OF the dandelion. 1t is proposed in all
seriousness to plow up the lawns Of
city homes and practically SOW the
townsite with salt in an effort to erad-
dcate the little plant that seems to
flourish best under adversely.
However the dandelion, like truth.
when crushed to earth is pretty GER
tain to rise again. The eternal years
seen to be the property of leontidas
taraxacum and it looks after it's hold
ings like loan shark keeps tab on his
victims. Like a modest woman, pretty
In its simplicity 1t nevertheless has the
last word. Sioux City may buster,
plow her lawns and set her teeth; the
dandelion will have the last word. If
wheat grew and thrived against all the
devices and arts of man as does the
dandelion Patten and his kind would
be working on the section.
When the last furrow has been
turned at Sioux City, when the new
sod has covered the scars Of the plow,
the householder may. beat his plow-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-20

on agriculture implements. its use on
wagons has commenced and bids fair
to soon become general.
The object Of the good road Is to
minimize resistance to moving vehi-
cles, mostly FRACTIONAL resistance.
F,rictional resistance can also be mini
mixed by mechanical means in the We
hicle itself. Such mechanical device
as roller bearings at the axle win give
a great saving additional to that Of
good roads-a saving OF draft power
estimated to be all the way from rs
per cent to SO per cent. The use of
mechanical means, when wheels which
are not dished are used, is simple and
inexpensive. The saving to be effected
by good roads can come only after
the expenditure Of immense sums Of
money. A great saving by using me-
chanical means to reduce friction can
be obtained at once at trifling ex-
pense. This saving even with the
poor roads we have would amount TO
millions of dollars annually. II good
roads with the ancient sliding friction
bearings at the axle will save the
people several hundred million dollars
annually, roller bearings which will
enable the same horses without
greater exertion to draw loads from Is
to SO per cent heavier will save an
additional amount far more than suffi-
cient to pay the interest on the
national debt
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-20
BIRTHPLACE OF HrsroRY
rIowa. CIV citizen,

IAo"I lily oltiZecl.J
To Pleasant Valley township be-
longs the distinction of being the
first commercial center of Johnson
county, at a time when trade con-
sisted Of barter with the Indians for
the pelts and furs that were the only
products dealt in; and also of being
the starting point Of settlement
within its borders. In it was held
the first business meetings and cleo
ton of the early days. And there
was celebrated the first marriage of
white people in the county Also
there was born the first white child
in the county and there occurred the
first death Of white person.
In the summer of 1887 John Gill
bert, having quit the service as agent
Of the American Fur Company deter
mined to start a trading post of his
own and selecting a site west of the
line of the Black Hawk purchase
upon indian land, he built for him
self a trading house which stood In
the southwest corner of section tl1ir-
ty-five in East Lucas township.
The building was neatly constrct-
ed OF round logs. It consisted of
two cabins twenty feet square and
a rooted space of twenty feet between
them, making a structure twenty by
sixty feet with puncheon floors and
clapboard roof. For the permit to
build on Indian territory Mr. Gilbert
gave to Chief Poweshiek two barrels
of whisky.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-20

share into chisel shaped tool and
get busy again on the lawn. Like the
poor the dandelion has come to stay.
Long ago in Marshall county wo-
man born and reared in the east fell to
longing for the old home, the hills and
the green swards sprinkled with the
gold of the dandelion. She sent for seed
and sowed the modest yellow "tippit"
flower to come with the recurrent
springs as memory and reminder of
the spot where she was born. Pandora
never did better job of box opening
The dandeion took to the Iowa prai-
ries as Russian Jew to the junk bus
iness-and has succeeded almost as
well.
1t is too bad. Here is a common
thriving citizen apparently gone wrong
The dandelion is a hard worker, up
early and staying late afeld. 1t is CO.
mestible to a high degree, nutritious,
and of rare medicinal value, noted in
deed as a specific and antidote for
spring fever 1t is beautiful. plentiful.
common. The children love it. Its be-
setting sin is of "hutting in" 1t comes
like book canvasser and refuses to be
thrown out And like the canvasser
killing does not seem to affect it.
What are you going to do about it
anyway? When the hands that guide
the plow or drive the spade are laid
to eternal rest modestly but rot less
infiexibly the dandelion will spring on
the sod that curtains them. Canute's
is inhnitesimal as compared with
is infinetesiman as compared with
that of Sioux City when she says to
the dandelion, thus far shalt thou
come and no farther"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-20
APPEALS TO IMAGINATION.
Knoxville .Journal.1


A lot of anaemic, sour-faced, jaun-
diced editors are criticizing Roosevelt,
calling him a pot hunter and stock
yards slaughterer, who wouldn't have
nerve enough to shoot a skunk in the
back yard to say nothing of lion in
the jungle. Imagine Harvey Ingham or
Cyrenus Cole out in the wilds of Africa
taking equal chances with the man
they criticise SO sharply What is the
use of all this sickly sentimentality
about Teddys killing off few Of the
pests of that country? His whole ca
reer is a refutation of the charge that
he is mere pot hunter. He has been
true sportsman in public as we'll as
private life. neither asking nor giving
quarter whether he was hunting
Indicators of great wealth." unruly
congressman or the great game of our
own Wildernesses
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-20
THE GENERAL AVERAGE.

John McVicar, ex-mayor Of Des
Moines and now the most active mem
Der of the commission which governs
that city has returned from a trip thru
the eastern states where he learned
that dollar rate is exhorbitant for gas
in a city of 100000 people. He found
gas being sold in indianapolis at a
profit at so cents per thousand cubic
feet with coal prices nearly the same
and he has seen enough to convince
him that rs cents would be a fair ra,e
for Des Moines instead of 81 as now
charged.
Gas is sold in many large city as
low as so cents and pays handsome
dividends at that price. This was de-
lveloped somewhat unwillngly from the
experts who testified in the Cedar Rap
ids case and their forced information
helped TO convince the courts of the
reasonableness of rate of 80 cents IN
/ Cedar Rapids.
Here in Iowa where most of our gas
burning cities are small as compared
to Indianapolis. st. Louis, or Des
Moines the point to the above object
lessons is that existing rates in a gen.
eral average of towns must not be used
1 as a basis from which to compute the
reasonableness of a rate by compare
son. Years ago when gas was some-
what of q, novelty, which people were
glad TO get at any price the gas compa-
MES adopted the sagacious policy of
providing in their franchises that rates
should be as low as the average in cit
les of their class or words to that eff
feet The result was that with this
policy generally in effect the general
level of prices has been successfully
maintained at an excessive figure be-
cause the general average always
helped to sustain any existing rate by
comparison.
A new era has dawned in gas as a
public utility. Here and there a pub
lie spirited lawyer or city commissioner
studies the gas business and informs
himself as to gas costs. The result has
been to give indianapolis and St Louis
50 cent gas, Cedar Rapids 80 cent gas
and now Des Moines will make a try
for rs cent gas. Smaller towns, Mar
shalltown for instance, have been told
that they could not have 81 gas for the
reason that as large a town as Des
Moines had to get along with a rate OF
that figure and rates of s130 to $3.50
have been cited for comparison. But
Cedar Rapids has sustained 90 cent
rate and indianapolis has proved go
cents profitable so it need not strain
Des Moines much to sustain a rate
midway between and then the general
level begins to decrease enough to give
a dollar rate sufficient altitude for cit
les OF Marshalltown's class. The city
council or committee which gets caught
by the old argument Of the general
average" in the gas business needs TO
have its whiskers trimmed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-20
REsTFuL TO EYES AND NERVES
Green Is One of Natures Cures for
Worry and Fatigue.

''1f the whole of London were
painted green it would have wonder
full effect upon the health and spirits
4 us Londoners," said one of the lead
ing specialists to a Mirror writer
'Eyesight and health are most closely
connected. and among town dwellers
eyesight is steadily deterior ting.
Green Is one of natures cures for
worry and fatigue. Watch man who
is worrying or tired out and see how
often he will wander to a window
from which he can gaze on tree in
leaf. Instinctively his eyes seek the
restful green of the foliage. A great
deal of the good obtained from visit
to the country is from the incessalft
environment Of the green fields and
green leaves.
"A green room, too, is a splendid
thing. know Of case Of popular
actress who could never understand
why it was that in a certain room in
her house she could always rest SO
much better than in any other one.
She mentioned the fact to me one day,
and pointed out to her that the paper
and furniture were entirely green"