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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-07-09

The above is a cut Of Carter conn
tvs magnificent court house that is
rapidly nearing completion, and which
will be occupied by the county officers
within the next month. 1t is a magnif-
icent structure of granite. stone and
marble and would ornament any city.
On making visit to the court
house, one will notice the granite
base reaching four feet above the
grade and five massive granite pedi-
ments with large granite buttresses
and granite door slabs. also the large
electroliers at each entrance.
The white Bedford stone forming
the entire exterior of the building
above the granite. and the large 30
inch Doric columns with hand carved
caps reaching the span of the second
and third stories with the large mas
siye sophets, cornice and parapets
made of ST. Louis alEunite, all com
bined to make one Of the most impos-
ing effects. The large massive tower
built OF Bedford stone and concrete
sumounted with a copper plate dome,
and a mossive seven foot clock face
is also feature that one must ad-
mire as one of the most beautiful
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ty will witness for many years to
come.
The windows are large and the
frames covered with lS-ounce crimpet
copper plate, and are pleasngly ar
ranged TO add to the beauty OF the
building and give perfect light ant
ventilation.
On entering the building on th'
ground floor which is six inches abov,
the finish grade. one will notice thu
most beautiful corridors Of marble
walls and Mosaic tile floors with
heavy plastic beam ceiling with heav'
brackets and pilasters.
The stair cases all being marble, 4
one OF the most beautiful features o
the building The large rotuuda II
center of the building with a massive
staff work and art glass dome can b.
seen from the ground floor TO the hes
effect. After viewing the corridor
and rotunda and having feasted you
eyes on this beauty, We must be re
minded that there is nothing goo'
without IT serves the purpose TO tn,
best advantage for which 1t is con
structed
The people Of Carter county do no
want to spend so much money in ;
useless pile Of granite and marble, bu
it must be a temple of Justice. build
ing to accommodate the people toi
many generations 10 comc-on eYami
nation it will be found 10 fiji the re
quirements completely
When we begin TO examine the dif
ferent departments OF the building
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-07-09

SmllE ana w ~ 'N'''r ~ Ni'''N
dors one will observe that the same
scheme Of marble walls and mosaic
floors, as the ground .loor has been
continued as well as the beam ceiling
heavy plaster etc.
We find that the county attorney
office and grand jury rooms are ar
ranged on this floor. They are large
/ and well situated for convenience, and
! have record vault with all modern
equipment
Next We notice the register OF
| deeds office, with a large public
space with tile floor and marble base.
This office is equipped with a two
story record vault with metal stair
case; these vaults are equipped with
metal fixtures: this office is one OF
/ the most comfortably arranged in the
/ building, having plenty of space for
records for almost an unlimited time.
On the opposite side of the corridor
are the office of the county clerk and
county treasurer, with the county com
mssioners room directly between
them. All these offices have large,
public spaces with mosaic floors and
marble base, and being as complete
arrangement as could be made for
these three apartments.
Al offices on this floor are equipped
with toilet rooms.
From this floor to the third floor
one passes up the marble stair case
q. to the third corridor; this floor being
, the one on which the two court rooms
| are situated; the corridors are the
same as those below, the walls be
. ing OF marble and mosaic floors.
, The dome is finished and terminates
q on this floor with n splendid art glass
, dome: in this corridor is situated the
, master clock for the clock in the
y tower and one coming up the stair
case will come in fun view of this
g clock.
{ The county Judge and district
n pudge apartments are arranged on
Q this floor as well as the district clerk;
q these Offices have large public spaces
[ with mosaic floors and tile base; they
s are also equipped with record vaults.
p The Judges apartments are ar
-, ranged in the most convenient way
4 and are adjacent to the respective
Q court room.
10 The district court room is large
enough to seat 500 people. and IS fin
{ ished with large beam ceiling with
, pilasters and carved cap face; the
Z decorations dare oil paintings an
consist of the most beautiful pieces
!. of art as seen in any building.
The Jury rooms on the fourth floor
.are reached by two sets Of stair cases,
one from each court room; there are
four jury rooms with toilets for each
room. they are we'll lighted and ven
tlatcd and are decidedly the most
comfortable of any of the rooms in
the building; this is department
. which is often neglected when court
] houses are being built but in the con-
. struc'ion of our building due consid-
p Grafton has been given to the comfort
and welfare of the men to have the
unpleasant task of sitting for hours
; and sometimes days in a tiresomo jury
room
- I'm the multitude Of demands on the
hutlding sight was no. lost of the ne
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-07-09
Suit Filed Against Officers.

Suit has been filed with the district
clerk by c. p. Hall against Police
men Appleton. Landrum and Braziel
The Washington herald., 1911-09-03
A Couple Of Humorous Stories

Bridget is a domestic, very stupid, and too
amiable TO believe in a scoidlng. One day her
mistress became very angry at the condition
Of the parlor "Why, Bridget" she exclaimed,
'T can write my name a dozen times in the
dust here!" Can you, ma'am" said Bridget,
admirinsly Sure. there's nothing like a
good education. Now can't write my name
once"
1t happened in Sunday school, and the sub.
ject under discussion was Solomon and his
wisdom. A little girl was asked to tell the
story of Solomon, and the women who quar-
relied over a child. This was her version:
Solomon was very wise man. One day
two women went to him quarreling about a
baby. One woman said This is my child
and the other woman said, No, this is my
child But Solomon spoke w and said
NO, no, ladies', do not quarrel Give me nv
sword. and | will make twins Of him, SO each
Of you can have one"
The Washington herald., 1911-09-03
Why He Was Exhausted

A party of men went out from Texan
town to hunt ducks, and one of the men got
separated from the rest. by four O'Clock in
the afternoon he mad twelve ducks and ono
brant, and concluded he would return home
He was less than three miles from town at
the time. but the rushes were so high that he
could not see the houses. All that night he
wandered, and all the next day, until at sun.
set, among rushes ten feet high, he suddenly
came to the river nank. Then he didn't know
which way to go, but finally decided on down
stream, which luckily happened to be in the
right dircction. About ten o'clock at night
he staggered INTO town, utterly prostrated,
and not until he reached his own home did he
realize that he was still carrying nearly fifty
pounds Of birds, which he had forgotten he
was encumbered with.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-03
Silver AS Shot

@HE elephant of Ceylon has no tusks
i" and the buffalo found there is also
peculiar in that it carries its head
in strange way. The horns are
thrown back and the nose projects
on level with the forehead, thus
securing the animal from a fatal front shot.
This peculiarty also make the buffalo a
very dangerous enemy, as it will receive any
without showing the least distress. 1t was
reserved for a hunter last summer, however,
to kill a Ceylon buffalo with ammunition
which it would be too expensive to use on
every occasion.
The hunter in question, who was out with
u native, had fired over and over again at
buffalo without killing it. At last he
found himself without a single bullet left,
and the animal advancing with a stealthy
step and low below. as if lie was aware Of
the hunters helplessness.
A bright thought flashed into the hunt
ers mini, and he wasted no time in acting
on it, for he could see he was in a posi-
Without taking his eyes off the animal,
he slowly backed, putting an unusually heavy
charge Of powder down the right.hand bar
rel Of his gun. Then he tore off a piece
a the sleeve of his hunting shirt, took
what small silver money he had in his pouch,
wrapped the coins into a roll with the piece
Of rag and rammed them down the barrel
They were han1ly well home before the
buffalo rsshed forward. The hunter dropped
his ramrod, and brought his gun to his
shoulder on full cock.
The buffalos horns were now lowered
and their points were almost on either side
Of the hunter. Just as the muzzle OF the
gun touched the animals forehead the trig-
ger was pulled and a dollars worth of small
Change rattled- into the buffaios hard head
Down the animal went, rolling over with
charge, while the hunter and the native
turned and ran across the plain, fearing that
the animal was not dead and might yet pur-
sue them.
There was tree half mile away, to-
ward which they ran Looking behind them
they saw the buffalo had regained it's feet
and was following them, although slowly
They kept on, but the buffalo pace slack.
saw their pursuer stretcRei liz ifeIess upeS HneS
the ground two hundred yards away. The
silver had been too much for it
The Washington herald., 1911-09-03
Stories Of Several Sorts

STORY is being told in St. Peters.
burg which illustrates the pbenome-
nal physical strength of the old Gar
AT a little station not far from the
capita the imperial train was de.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-01-26
The Value Of Silage.

As for silage. 1t is not balanced
feed. The silo can add nothing to the
feeding value OF green corn. says a
writer In the New England Homestead
The silo Is the best house for green
corn. as 1t keeps It succulent, juicy
and appetizing for stock. Here is
where one Of the strong features Of
corn is to be found. In addition. Of
course, the entire corn plant is con.
sumed II made into silage where
much of II would otherwise be lost II
allowed to mature In the field. Silage
is really good for any and all kinds OF
stock. fed 1t to horses and brood
sows with the best results, and for
cattle. either beef or dairy, there is
no superior roughage food unless It
be the legume hays, and even here
these and silage go together better
than when either is fed alone. Sew.
eral crops may be stored In the silo,
but corn is the chief silage crop.
believe the number Of silos will In.
crease In years to come as better
stock becomes more general. Even
for few cows small silo Is needed.
1t Is Just as indispensable for small
as well as big dairy herd. Once
familiar with the virtues of silage you
will feel the loss Of 1t until replaced
by another.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-01-26
1T IS A MISTAKE

Many have the idea that anything
will sell II advertised strong enough.
This is a great mistake. True, a
few sales might be made by advertis.
ing an absolutely worthless article
but 1t is only the article that is
bought again and again that pays.
An example Of the big success Of a
worthy article is the enormous sale
that has grown up for Cascarets
Candy Cathartic. This wonderful rec
ord is the result of great merit sue.
cessfully made known through per-
sistent advertising and the mouth.to.
mouth recommendation given Cas-
carets by it's friends and users.
Like all great successes, trade pi-
rates prey on the unsuspecting pub
lie, by marketing fake tablets similar
In appearance to Cascarets. Care
should always be exercised in pur-
chasing we'll advertised goods. espe-
cially an article that has national
sale like Cascarets. Do not allow 4
substitute to be palmed of on you.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-01-26

Jokes, and when Max told story
without any point whatever. they all
had hysteria. Immediately after din.
ner Aunt Selma had begun on the
family connection again, and after two
bad breaks on my part, Jim offered
to show her the house. The Mercer
girls trailed along, unwilling to lose
any Of the possibilities. They said
afterward that It was terrible: She
went into all the closets, and ran her
hand over the tops OF doors and kent
getting grimmer and grlmmer. In
the studio they came across a life
study Jim was doing and she shut
her eyes and made the girls 20 out
while he covered II with drapery.
Lollie! Who did the Bacchante dance
at three benefits last winter and was
learning a new one called "Eve,"
When they heard Aunt Selma on
the second floor. Anne, Dal and Max
sneaked up to the studio for cigarettes,
which left Mr.. HARRISON to me. was
In the den, sitting In low chair by
the wood fire when he came in. He
hesltated In the doorway.
Would you prefer being alone. or
may ] come in?" he asked. Don't
mind being frank. know you are
tired"
IL have headache, and am sulk.
Ing" l said unpleasantly, but Mt
least am not actively venomous
Come In"
So he came and sat down across
the hearth from me. and neither OF us
said anything. The freight nickered
over the room. bringing out the faded
hues OF the old Japanese prints on the
walls, cleaning In the mother-of.pearl
eyes Of the dragon on the SCREEN. set
ting a grotesque god on n cabinet to
nodding. And It threw into relief the
strong. clear profile Of the man across
from me, as he stared at the fire.
II am afraid I am not very interest.
Ing" I said at last. when he showed
no sign Of breaking the silence. "The
the illness Of the butler and-Miss
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-01-26

More intelligent, enthusiastic men
on the farm. Is a crying need in agri-
culture today.
The source Of all wealth is the
farm, and the source Of all independ-
ence is the farm.
No one ever got anything Of value
without cost and effort. 1t is work
that brings value.
A little giltedge butter is like
money in your purse. and fresh eggs
are silver In your till.
Don't bother your head about other
peoples hobbies, they will ride them
to death without any help from you.
Whatever you do. do 1t we'll Do It
right and at the right time. First
know why and how, then 60 ahead
and you will succeed.
The individual business man has
become rare. Voluntary combination
for economy Of operation is the rule
now instead Of the exception.
A square deal with the boys and
girls will help to keep them on the
farm. This must be square deal In
the matter OF business and pleasure.
interest and labor.
The farmers In the new west are
building their homes In groups for
the sake Of sociability. This Is far
better than the old process Of build.
ing them far apart as has been too
often practiced.
Who has better right to live and
live we'll than he who has a small
farm well titled, which produces fruit
from his trees, vegetables from his
garden. golden butter from his own
production. fresh eggs from his own
hens?
Practically every crop Indigenous to
the temperate zone can be grown to
perfection In the broad territory
called Texas. 1t only needs intelli
gence and careful application to the
soil OF we'll defined principles Of agri
culture.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-01-26

cooked 1t. but she wanted TO know
who prediEested It."
As every one wanted to laugh, every
one did 1t then, and under cover OF
the noise ! caught Annes eye. and we
left the dining room. The men stayed.
and by the very nrmness with which
the door closed behind us, / knew
that Dallas and Max were bringing
out the bottles that Takahiro had hid
den. was seething. When Aunt
Selma indicated a desire to go over
the house Ut was natural that she
should want to: 1t was her house, in
way) I excused myself for a minute
and flew back to the dining room.
1t was as l had expected. Jim
hadn't cheered perccptibly, and the
rest were patting him on the back.
and pouring things out for him. and
saying. Poor old jim" in the most
maddening way. And the HARRISON
man was looking more and more puz-
zled. and not at all hilarious.
descended on them like thunder.
bolt.
That's IT," I cried shrewishly. with
my back against the door. Leave
her to me. all Of you. and pat each
other on the back, and say It's gone
splendidly! Oh. l know you, every
one!" Mr.. HARRISON got up and
pulled out chair. but I couldn't sit;
l folded my arms on the back. After
a while. suppose. you'll slip upstairs,
the four Of you, and have your game"
They looked guilty. But will block
that right now. l am going to stay
here. II Aunt Selma wants me. she
can find me-here!"
The first indication those men had
that Mr.. HARRISON didn't know the
state Of affairs was when he turned
and faced them.
Mrs. Wilson Is quite right" he
said gravely. Were a selfish lot. II
Miss Caruthers is a responsibility. let
us share her"
ITO arms!" Jim said, with an atiec-
tation Of lightness. as they put their
glasses down. and threw open the
door. Dal's retort, "Whose?" was lost
in the confusion. and we went into the
library. On the way Dallas managed
to speak to me.
III HARRISON doesn't know. don't
tell him." he said in an undertone.
Hes queer duck, In some ways:
he mightn't think 1t funny"
Funny" l choked. ITS the least
funny thing | ever experienced. De-
ceiving that HARRISON man isn't SO
bad-he thinks me crazy, anyhow.
He's been staring his eyes out at
me-"
~ don't wonder. You're lovely to-
night, Kit, and you look like vixen
But to deceive that harmless old
lady-well. thank goodness. It's nine.
and she leaves In an hour or So"
But she didn't. And that's the story.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-01-26
ALL SHE WANTED.

Darling" said the happy old gen.
tleman to the beautiful girl who was
permitting him to hold her hand, you
are not going to marry me Just for my
money. are your"
"of course not" she replied. What.
ever caused you to think | might do
such thing?"
u don't know. II was foolish Of me
10 permit such thought to come into
my mind. wasn't IT."
"Of course"
"Forgive me. won't youi"
"Yes-this time"
y will never think It again"
Are you sure you won't7"
Certainly. Why shouldn't I b
sure7"
There's no reason why you
shouldn't be sure; but I want you to
do something for me-"
What Is II. sweetheartr'
Write me a lot Of silly letterS %
that shall have something to fall
back on IN case your children and
grandchildren make trouhls for N"
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-01-26
Ration With Malt Sprouts.

Henry In his book, Feeds and Feed
Ing" says that because they will abb
sorb so much water malt sprouts
should be soaked some hours before
feding. II fed In connection with
silage this may not be absolutely nee
essary. A trial for few days should
determine the point.
1t would make better ration to add
ground corn or barley to the sprouts
and bran. To three pounds Of the dry
sprouts add four pounds Of bran and
feed one pound Of each three and one
half pounds OF milk produced. In ad.
dition, give each COW thirty to thirty.
FIVE pounds Of silage daily and all the
hay she will eat.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-01-26
cepynsA.ls~. b, tn. Boss>x.r.li o..
synopsis.

James Wilson or Jimmy a. he II called
by his friends. Jimmy was rotund and
looked shorter than he really was. His
ambition In life was to be taken seriously
but people steadily refused to do so. his
art Is considered a huge Joke. except to
himself. II he asked people to dinner ev-
eryone expected a frolic. Jimmy marries
Bella Knowles: they live together a year
and arc divorced. Jimmys friends ar
range to celebrate tho first anniversary
OF his divorce. Those who attend the
party are Miss Katherine McNair, who
every one calls Kit Mr.. and Mrs. Dallas
Brown. the Misses Mercer. Maxwell Reed
and a Mr.. Thomas HARRISON. South
American civil engineer. Tho party IL in
full swing whom Jimmy receives a tele-
gram from his Aunt Selma, who will ar
rive In Four hours to visit him and his
wife Jimmy gets his funds from Aunt
Selma and after he marrtes she doubles
his allowance. He neglects to tell her OF
his divorce. rs she is opposed to It. Jim
my takes Kit into his confidence. he tries
to devise some way 30 that his aunt will
not learn that he has no longer n wife.
He suggests that Kit play tho hostess for
one night, be Mrs. Wilson pro TEN. Kit
refuses. but 10 finely prevailed upon to
act the part. Aunt Selma arrives and the
deception works out as planned. as she
had never seen Jims wife.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-01-26
MAKE GOOD IN COOPERATION
Great Many Enterprises Organized by
North Dakota Farmers With
Profit to Stockholders.

Cooperation seems to be contagious
at Voltaire. N. D. A great many CO.
operative enterprises have been or.
gan'zed. and with profit to the stock
holders. The farmers own the town
site. The former owner, who was
nonresident and cared only for the
money that he could get out Of the
lots. put exorbitant prices on his prop.
erty. 1t was, however, taxed at his
own figures. 30 he was soon ready to
sell. says the Wisconsin Agriculturist.
The farmers organized stock COM
pnny with T. E. Tostenson as presi.
dent and j. NJ. Golfer as secretary.
and bought him out.
Wanting telephone they organized
company with T. Z. Tostenson as
president and J. NJ. Golfer as secre-
tar.. Shares $25. No one can hold
moro than two shares, which entities
one to a phone. though each one must
pay his share Of the running expenses
They are renting phones to the people
In town; in time this income will pay
the running expenses.
The elevator men paid what they
pleased for grain and so the farmers
got together and organized stock
company with Fred Schmidt as presi.
dent and s. |. Knutson as secretary.
Shares 325. No one can hold more
than eight shares. Last year a divi.
dend of 20 per cent. was declared.
And in addition they had received n
higher price for their grain. The
other elevators now pay one or two
cents above market price. yet they
are able to get but little grain.
Not wanting to swell the Golfers Of
the insurance companies they organ.
lied the Farmers Mutual Insurance
company. President, Fred Schmidt;
secretary, S. |. Knutson. The assess.
ments were mills 1909, 2 mills 1908,
4 mills 1907 and mill 1906.
Not having any place to meet they
organized a stock company with r.
II. Soelle as president and II. G..
Bundy as secretary. They wanted a
building 30x6O, with full basement.
The contractors wanted $4,000. The
farmers thought that this was too
much so they hired men to do the
work and superintended the work
themselves. They saved a thousand
dollars on the building.
When they held a farmers instI.
tute recently they met In their own
hall. brought tl.air families and a pic.
mic dinner. The basement contains
dining room, kitchen, two cloak rooms
and coal room. Here the children
played and had good time while
their elders were entertained and In.
structed upstairs, When noon came
all repaired to the dining room. Mean.
while the orchestra furnished music
They all staid at the hail. no hanging
around grocery stores, pool rooms and
livery barns.
II will be interesting to know that
many OF these farmers raised fine
crops Of corn this year. 1t will also
be interesting TO know that they want.
ed such subjects discussed as corn
and clover growing. dairying. silage
and rotation OF crops.
1t will not be easy to estimate the
independence and sense Of rover that
this successful cooperating will de-
velop In this community.