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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-02

NUMBER 13 has pract'ced law in
Ardmore for ten years, in his an
nouncement he made the plain state
ment that he would treat every man
on the square in case of his cleo
ton. No great promises of reform
were contained in that announcement.
BY birth he is a North Carolinian,
he is a good speaker, a strong law
yer before jury and is thoroughly
capable of defending the county in
any court in the state.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-02

educated, industrious and honorable
and a good democrat
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-02

NUMBER p in the campaign two
years ago made a desperate fight to
win a county Office and was defeated
by a small margin of votes, he made
hundreds of friends in that campaign
who will stick to him in this cam
paign. He is asking for a different Of
flee this year He is very active and
energetic, good lawyer with a good
practice, makes an especially good
campaign speech and has always re
sponded to every call of his party
for workers He is former Texas
democrat. There are many people
who believe he is the best man in
the race for the office ne seeks.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-02
NUMBER % discovered America

NUMBER 22 discovered America
while he was looking for burglars
and horsethieves and has remained
here ever since and likes the country
pretty we'll and the country likes
him, and it is not to be inferred that
he is a foreigner for he is just like
all the rest of us except he would
wade in where the devil would
cringe. after a criminal and most OF
us wouldn't do that. He has served
the city as an officer and has served
the county one term and asks for a
second nomination at the hands OF
the democratic voters. In his official
capacity he has the best record OF
any similar officer in the state.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-02

NUMBER 12 fought his way up
during the days of his young man
hood and is a graduate of George
Washington University. He holds an
appointive office with the city/admin .
istration and is carrying out the will
of the people in that office. He is an
earnest worker in whatever he I'M
dertakes, possesses every equipment
to fill the office he seeks and has
the absolute confidence of all who
know him.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-02

NUMBER 33 has been a merchant
and farmer in Carter county for
twenty years or more, he is a candi-
date for the first time, he is a good
quiet sober business man seeking an
Office that mas much to do with the
business affairs of the county and It
has been suggested that he would
make an ideal chairman of the board
he seeks to be member of. His pus-
iness qualifications recommend him.
He is not a great speaker but will
depend upon his many friends and
upon his own efforts to see each
man personally. He resides west OF
Ardmore.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-02

NUMBER 16 served the first three
years of statehood as a township of
ficcr, he was at his desk every dag
of that time to transact the business
of the public, in case of local note
he was sustained by the supreme
court when the district court was
against him. has served almost one
term as a county officer, has been
just as faithful as under his first
office takes his time to k ow he is
right before. he acts, man whose
honest intentions have never been
questioned even by his bitterest op-
ponent and so far all his decisions
have been affirmed by the supreme
court.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-02

NUMBER 26 is a young fellow who
for seven years has been in active
school life, he is an Ardmore prod
uct and graduate of the city schools,
he is inspired with the belief that
properly trained intellect can accom-
plish anything it undertakes and his
belief will inspire those who come in
contact with him, there will be bun
dies OF energy placed in this cam
paign to his credit and should he be
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-02

NUMBER AZ has lived in Ardmore
for "A number of years, at one time
he was a collector for a hardware
house in this city, he deals satisfac
torily with the people in any line Of
business he is engaged in. he is now
engaged in contracting concrete work.
draining. d:tching and irrigating or
in building water reservoirs. He is of
that fine type of western manhood,
he has never been candidate for
any office in the county, he seeks
an office that creates more interest
than any other office in the county,
He was appointed a deputy upon
the request of law enforcement or
ganization of this county.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-02

NUMBER 80 is a farmer, owns a
fine prairie farm west of Ardmore, Is
comparatively a young man, he be-
lieves one of the most effective meth
DDS of securing tax reduction is to
double the taxable wealth of the
county and he is a friend to every
progressive movement looking to the
development of the farms and the
manufacturing interests of the coun-
ty. He has been called the prairie
orator of the county for the reason
that he makes an especially good
speech. He has never held county
office but has held office in his town
ship. He seeks an office that the peo-
pie are greatly interested in.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-02
ARDM0RE PREMIUMS

FIRST PRIZE S TO- 90 worth of merchandise at any
store whose ad appears marg in.
SECOND PRIZE One years subscription to the Daily
Ardmorelte
THIRD PRIZE One years subscription to the Weekly
Ardmoreite.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-02

NUMBER 19 is running for an Of
flee which he holds now. has served
two Years. never has allowed any cir
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-02

NUMBER 25 was chosen county
official in the first election after
statehood, was defeated by a small
margin in the second race and offers
for the same office defeat did not
result in sulking in the tent, but this
candidate has been a hard worker in
every movement for the moral up
lift and the good of agriculture and
social life in town and country and
has worked especially hard in edu-
cational matters, is a friend and CO
worker with all who think and do
the right.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-02

NUMBER "a IS graduate OF HaT-
grove College and with one excep-
ton IS the only candidate which has
this distinction, he is also graduate
of Vanderbilt University, he was
reared in Ardmore, is a young man
seeking an office which he can fill
with honor to himself and credit to
his county, he is a member of one
of the best known families in the
county and is we'll worthy of what
he asks of the democratic voters OF
the county.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-02

NUMBER II served the county un'
der the first administration follow
ing statehood, made the office he held
a splendid revenue 20 the county
and thereby great saving to the
taxpayers and is running again upon
that platform and promise to the pee
pie that must pay all the expenses
of government. He believes in PEEK
MANENT CITIZENSHIP AND HOME
OWNERS and in using every possible
effort to place every acre OF Carter
county in state of cultivation.
Wants 10 sell Indian lands so that
both white and Indian can live side
by side upon an improved homestead.
Stands for every progressive move
ment and has never, in the slightest
degree, wavered from the democratic
party and its principles. but is always
found Just where you know he viii
be.
NUMBER 1S Is running for an Of
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-02

NUMBER 40 found the office he is
in now badly behind and his minute
know ledge of the work and his in
dustry Strengthened things out within
a few days and the business of his
Office is run economically, smoothly,
satisfactorily and the county gets Il
perfect service in an office that re-
quires great care for the reason that
titles to property are mvolved.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-02

NUMER 7 lives in the county out
side of Ardmore, on the stump ne
makes better speech than his
friends expected of him, he is broad
minded liberal in his views and is
in thorough sympathy with the peo-
pie Of his county He was defeated
last year by two votes and refused
to dontest the election although
urged to do so. No one who knows
him will doubt his ability to fill the
office he seeks. He is farming this
year
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-02

NUMBER Al has lived in the sec
ond ward of Ardmore since the ward
was created and lived there many
years prior to that time. He seeks
a township office, he at one time was
in business IN Ardmore, has never
been a candidate before, he has done
his full part in the development Of
the oil and mineral rsources of the
county. All who know say he would
make a good official. He served as
a peace officer in Texas before NOV
ing to Indian Territory.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-02

NUMBER 10 is the only man in the
county campaign who wears the graz,
he is the only man who wears scars
from the icvil war that he will carry
to his grave; he is a familiar fig
ure about the court house and has
won the friendship and esteem of all
the jurors who have served the court
for the past three or four years. He
seeks an office which he can fill
with credit. He is one Of the towns
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-02
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-02

NUMBER 8 is one of the young
men of the county who is seeking
office. He was never a candidate
before. Occupies a deputy's place in
an important office of the county and
is always at his post Of duty The
first dollar he ever earned was by
gathering cotton and the second
check he ever received was the Ard
moreite's in payment for carrying pa
pers. He has lived in Ardmore since
his childhood
NUMBER g was elected to office
in the first county campaign, he was
not a candidate in the second race
until financial reverses came he was
proprietor of one of the best known
stores in the city; no business trans
action ever lost him friend; he was
one of the pioneer merchants of Ard
more, and has a wider acquaintance
in the county than perhaps any 9th
er man in the field
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-08
TO ENFORCE LAWS
Montana hortieuiturists Want Out
side Nurserymen to Pay License.

Great Falls-A resolution passed by
the Montana Horticultural society has
significance to nurserymen In Mime
sofa, Iowa and Kansas. who have been
furnishing thousands OF trees for tho
fruit growers OF this state.
The society voted to have the state
board of horticulture enforce the state
law. passed by the last legislature.
providing that all nurserymen pay q
license fee. Attorney General Galen
has held that the law cannot be en-.
forced against nurserymen outside the
state and they have SO far successfully
resisted payment. II resisted further
the horticulturists want the case TAX.
en- to the supreme court.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-08
MAY GET A CANNERY
emissary OF . Colorado Company
Looks for Site In Fiathead Country.

kalispell.-In search of IA suitable
location for a branch cannery. J. II.
Empson. president of the Empson
Packing Company. of Longmont. Col.
is In the valley The company do
sires to purchase 10000 acres upon
which to grow vegetables. and Mr..
Empson is favorably impressed with
the opportunities afforded in this val
ley and on the Flathead reservation.
A writ of mandate, to compel tho
relaying and operation of the Great
Northern railway on that portion Of
its abandoned route between Marion
and Jennings. west of here. Is sought
In an action commenced In district
court by Knute Tideman. a ranch
owner and stockman OF Pleasant val.
ley.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-08
NEWS OF MONTANA
Important Happenings Of the
Week Briefly Told.
RANGE is IN DEMAND
Stockmen Hustle FOR Permits In Bear.
tooth Forest District.

Billings.-That the ranges for sheep
in the Beartooth forest reserve are
considered very valuable is shown by
the fact that stockmen are applying
to the supervisor for permits which
will entitle them to place their stock
upon them the ensuing season. Writ
ually all of the free range Is thing
propriated by farmers who are culti-
waiting II by scientific dry farming
methods. Flock masters are compelled
to look elsewhere for pasture or to
sell their holdings and retire from the
business.
Although the forest reserve range
Ia excellent, the grass is found high
up on the sides OF the mountains and
in ravines where 1t is not accessible
during the fall and winter on account
of the cold weather and the deep
SHOWS.
With the coming of warm weather
force of men will be put to work
roads In order that the ranges may be
reached easily. This labor can be
performed only I'm the summer sea-
son. and even then II IL an arduous
and slow process.
During the winter about $4,000 acres
were used for range. This is In a To-
cality where there Is no water and 1t
is valuable only during the cold sea-
son when the animals can secure snow
to Quench their thirst.
Altogether about $4,000 sheep and
about 5000 cattle will be run on tho
ranges of the Beartooth reserve tho
coming summer
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-08
NO USE FOR CITY MARSHAL
Mayor Brings Clean Streets
to Town..

Peabody, Kan.-Two months ago
Peabody with its 1900 inhabitants dis
pensed with its city marshal, because
Mayor Sulphin had adopted a gold.
en- rule" policy in dealing with the
men given to INDUCING in drinking
parties that caused about all the law
lessness the officer was called upon
to Quell. Today the absence OF the
marshal - not felt.
When william Sulphin became
mayor he called the towns trouble
makers before him.
You can buy liquor In gallon pack
ages II Ju want to-" the mayor told
them. but you shall not get your
friends drunk. Drink your stun at
home. II you will. but drink II all your
self Now. do by me as you would
be done by"
The plea was successful. Instead OF
paying out good money to a city mar.
shall who has nothing TO do. IL is being
spent to keep the streets clean.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-08
HAS WEATHER NOTES

ing these records was then assigned.
and he has kept them faithfully since
1870. They. together with the others.
will be given to the Friends Historical
society when the last entry has been
made. for the present writer Is the
last in the direct line Of ancestry.
Not infrequently he IL a historical
contributor to the lOSal newspapers;
in the Darby Progress he recently
published a statement showing that
January. 1912. was the coolest within
the span of the family records. Among
other things he states that the aver
age temperature at a. m. has been
Is degrees. On the 18th the mercury
was 8 degrees below zero. On the 18th
G below: on the 10th. zero"
The years 1915, 1920. 1921. 1892.
1910, 1874. 1857. 1866 and 1881. he
states. were especially cold during
this month. The coolest days Of which
he has record. In succession. we're
February 10 to Is, 1899. The coolest
record was New Years. 1891. which
was % degrees below.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-08
WALK 80 MILES TO MARRY
kentucky Mountaineer Runs Away
in Binding snowstorm With
12-Year-Old Cousin.

Whitesburg. Ky. Thirty miles
through binding snowstorm. with
mountains to cross and angry parents
behind them. came James Coombs. Jr..
and Miss Virgie Coombs. his cousin.
to be married. They routed the clerk
o. courts from his bed early to give
them a license and then persuaded
the Rev. James E. Bradford to unite
them.
Later in the day they left Whites
burg on the trip back to the Perry
county line. where they have both
spent all their lives.
The bridegroom is 20 and his wife
has just passed her twelfth birthday.
The bride wore dresses which came
just below her knees.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-08
Philadelphia Has Records For
122 Years.
Family Diary Shows Temperature
Kept by Each Generation, Along
With Daily Chronicle Of
Other Events.

Philadelphia hundred and
twenty-five years of weather records.
kept by three generations Of the same
family, side by side with comments on
men and things long ago passed from
memory. form the interesting contents
of large library of diaries. the prop
erty Of Jacob r. Elfreth.
True to the tradition of his Quaker
forbears. this seventy-year-old chro-
written in black and white the story
of the mercury's vagaries as he OBJ
served them. and his records stand
against the hazy contentious OF any
oldest inhabitant" who may venture
fictitious tales of how cold Ii used to
be.
The story of the curious diaries
which make up this interesting wealth
er history is bound up with the growth
Of Philadelphia. From 1889 to 1850
Caleb Pierce. native of Chester
county. kept the first records. He was
the maternal grandfather of Mr.. Ell
freth. His diaries were not SO COM
,plete as those OF his son and grandson.
but their interest and worth are en-
HANGED by antiquity.
Most of these writings were done at
his home. Seventh and Arch streets.
where he lived while the Quaker town
was booming into her early twenties.
He kept a hardware store in Market
street above Second. but before he
plodded along the cobble stones of a
cold winters morning to open up the
little shop he recorded the tempera-
ture.
Long before he gave up the writing
Of his diary Jacob r. Elfreth. ST., took
up the work In 1912. Sixty-eight vol
umes of nearly uniform size. painsta-
kingly relating the happenings OF
those often troublous times. are now
In the possession of the aged son.
To ]. X. Elfreth Jr. the task of keep
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-08
NERVOUS HEADACHE
And Numbness in the Hands and
Arms.
This Iowa Woman Was In . Serious
Condition and Her Cure
Will Interest Many.

A cure Of unusual interest and I'M
portance Is related by Mrs. J. H. Nor
gan, Of Correctionville, Iowa. After
being a hopeless sufferer from sick
headaches. she Is now entirely free
from attacks. She tells of her cure
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Some years ago I was In a terribly
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aches. ] was treated for three months
by specialist In Chicago. who advised
me to wear glasses, but he did not
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spells. l was in despair OF getting
well until read about DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People and began
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Before the birth Of my last child
suffered untold agony with pain and
numbness In my hands and arms up to
the shoulders. My hands were SO
swollen and the muscles SO sore that
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could not close my left hand. During
the day IL I kept moving the pain did
not seem to be so bad. but my hands
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Unless properly treated sick head
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the fiftieth year or later. II Ia usually
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The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-08
United States Has Sold Twice a.
Much to Great Britain a. AmerL
cars Bought.

Neutrality-suspicious. than a billion
dollars worth of merchant passed
between the United States and British
territory In the ten months ending
with October. for which statistics have
been compiled. The bureau Of statis-
tics of the department Of commerce
and labor reports that exports from
the United States TO British territory
In the period named. aggregated
$759. 100000 and imports therefrom
$3.50. 600. 900. thus indicating that for
every dollars worth OF merchandise
imported from the territory In Ques-
ton two dollars worth of American
products are exported thereto.
To the United Kingdom. the largest
British market for American products.
our ten months export increased to
$4l9 900. 900 In 1911; those to Canada,
from $201. 100000 In 1910 to seas. O00..
900 In 1911. Australia and New Tea
land rank third. with ten-months' to-
tai Of $40.000.O00. To British Africa
the ten months exports increased
from $12.000.000 In 1910 to Sl3, 900. 900
in 1911; those to the British West In.
dies from 100000 in 1910 to Sl0..
000. 900 In 1911. and those to India. 81.
100000 in 1905 to ss.50O. 900 In 1910
and 100000 In 1914.
The remaining British communities,
which show in each case q total in ex
cess Of 100000 In the ten months
include Hongkong. In which our ex
ports in ten months we're valued al
100000; Newfoundland and Labra
dor. N.000. eco: the Straits Settle
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-08
Our Trade With England

ments. $l.750.0o British Guiana. 81.
100000: British Honduras. sl.750. 900.
and Alden and Bermuda. each about ST.
100000.
To Gibraltar the total was about
100000: to Malta. GOA. etc. about
100000. and 10 British China. the
Falkland islands and miscellaneous
other British possessions as a whole.
about 100000.
Raw cotton. meats and breadstufRs
form the bulk of the exports from the
United States to the United Kingdom
though certain manufactures. such N
agricultural implements. leather and
1chinery. are important articles In
yearly sales to that country.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-08
$3.50 Recipe Free,
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Relieves Urinary and Kidney
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Swelling, Etc.
Stops Pain in the Bladder,
Kidneys and Back.

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