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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-29
Lighthouse ssrxlca co.tIx

@iSheHouoo oSTNiCc SOUtIy.
During the last fifty years the light.
house service Of the United States has
cost a total Of $150,000, 900.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-29

FOR SALE-Single buggy and har-
ness; gas range; Acorn gas heater;
open front gas heater; gas fixtures;
double barrel shotgun. 11O4 Third
Ave-, S. W., near Stanley Blvd.
27-5t
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-29

WANTED-All parties owning fruit
land in the fruit belt east of Ard
more to list same with me. have
calls for fruit lands daily and can
sell your lands for a good price
u. T. Rexroat. 15tf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-29

FOR SALE-Fifty acres of land in the
center of the Wheeler Oil Fields.
Want the money to develop adjoin-
Ing property. L. w. Cruce, Ard
more, Okla. 21-1m
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-29

Want ads get results. Read them
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-29

Stop and read the Want Ads
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03
A Projected Industry.

SiXty-tive percent Of the workers in
the United States Steel corporations
plants at Pittsburgh earn less than
the actual cost OF subsistence, accord
ing TO calculations made before the
Stanley steel trust investigating com
mittee by Louis ID. Brandeis, the peo-
pies lawyer"
the employees of the workers in the
steel plants of Pittsburgh" he said,
lis I'm cents an hour. The Associat-
ed Charities of that city. by careful in
yestigation, has figured it out that the
cost OF bare existence of a family OF a
husband and wife and three children
in Pittsburgh is $76s year. BY work
ing ~ hours a day, 365 days a year,
this 65 per cent of the workers. at the
end of their years labor, will have
earned just $3.50 less than this sum.
These horrible conditions are the
result Of the use Of the great power
and wealth of this trust TO prevent its
employees from joining organizations,
The condition of labor In this industry
is nothing less than slavery. In ten
years this trust, while working men
under these conditions, has taken from
the American people $3.50, 100000 in
excess OF a liberal profit on its actual
investment, and this enormous profit
has been used to grind down its work
ers to their present miserable condi
ffon"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03

tention Of the colonel the other day,
whereupon he remarked:
81 haven't thing to say"
On the night of November s, 1904,
the colonel, Just having been elected
president, gave out this statement, do
ing 80 of his own motion:
The wise custom which limits the
president to two terms regards the
substance and not the form and under
no circumstances will 1 be a candidate
for or accept another nomination"
II Stubs and Abbott are right In
what they now say, what are you go
ing to say about the colonel as a re-
liable proposition?
Lately Henry Watterson remarked
in substance that IL the colonel ever
gets in the White house again we will
not get him out of there, except feet
first.
II Stubs and Abbott are correct in
their forecast the people will begin
to think there is a good deal in what
Colonel watterson says.
Just go back a few lines and again
read closely what the colonel said that
November night in 1904.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03

There seems to be an increasing talk
about Roosevelt, but l do not think
the machine politicians will permit his
nomination. And from what am able
to CLEAN from what | can see about
me here in Washington, the day when
machine politicians do not rule has
not arrived yet. If Roosevelt should
be nominated, however, l do not be-
ieve he would be defeated. 1t was dur
ing his administration that the pres
ent abnormally high cost of living was
piled up, largely because Of the sys-
TEN of excessive protection in which
Mr.. Roosevelt believes. Roosevelt is
an Aldrich-Lodge-Smoot republican on
the tariff question, as far as anyone
knows. But if he should come out on
the progressive side of the tariff it
would only make him less desirable to
the republican machine, and his nomi-
nation would be even more improb-
able than it is now.
LAFOLLETTE OUT OF 1T.
Robert NJ. LaFollette, the one man
on whom the people can put their fin
ger on every public question of the
day, cannot be nominated. in my opin.
ion, the reason being that the people
cannot vote on presidential nominees.
Any day, of course, may bring devel-
opments that will change the positions
Of the men on the republican checker
| board, but the above is the SITUATION as
II appears to your correspondent at
/ this writing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03

lot, and perhaps that is the most sat
isfactory way out of your dilemma.
AS he has treated you so shsbbily,
you should rid yourself of anything
that would remind you of him IN any
way.
Dear Mrs. Thompson am one of
those much abused "red-headed'' peo-
pie. The other girls often make in
sinuating remarks about my hair and
feel very much hurt at times.
VERMILYA.
Console yourself with the fact that
red-haired girls are more popular
with men than girls with hair of any
other hue. The red-haired girl is
more stylish than either the blonde
or brunette. She is more amiable de-
spite her reputation to the contrary
When she gets angry, she gets very
angry, but that is seldom, and COM
pared with the dark-haired girl in the
matter of temper she is easily ahead.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03
Completion of Long View Park.

II there is. a logical way TO accom-
plish it, the people of Rock Island
will be glad TO see Long View com
pleted as public park by the build
ing the coming season of the long
contemplated pavilion and conserva-
tory. The subject was discussed at
a social gathering OF the park board
with the municipal commission at the
home of Park superintendent c. F.
Gazetteer last evening.
II is possible that ways and means
may be devised for the attainment OF
the much desired end. Park board
finances are in good shape and it is
not unlikely that the board may de-
wise a scheme by which the pavilion
at least may be put up early in the
spring.
Let us hope so.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03
BY CLYDE n. TAVENNER.

Especial Correspondence of The Argus.)
Washington, Feb. William How
ard Taft is the one best bet in the
republican nomination handicap today.
At least this is the way it looks to-
day to me, and l have tried to view
the situation, if possible, without pre-
judice
BIG BUSINESS GETS IN.
| base my prediction on the theory
that big business, as represented by
Aldrich, Lodge, Smoot, Crane, Gug-
genheim, J. Pierpont Morgan, John D.
Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and the
tariff trusts still dominate the republi-
can ma hine. The republican ma
chine, it is true, is badly damaged,
but I think, however, it is still pow
erful enough, backed by all the mil
lions of special privilege. as it is, to
control one more republican conven-
ton. After that it will go on the scrap
heap.
The only deduction that the reader
may draw from the foregoing is that
Mr.. Taft is to be nominated, not be-
cause the people desire his nomina-
ton, but because special privilege de
sires him to be renominated; not be,
cause Mr.. TAFT has earned a renomi.
nation by representing the interests of
the common people of the country.
but because he has earned a renomina.
ton by representing the big inter
ests.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03

The announcement that coal oil and
gasoline are going up steadily in price
since the alleged dissolution OF the
trust would be evidence. if any were
needed. that the dissolution plan which
was approved by the federal courts
was the veriest farce so far as restor-
ing competition Is concerned. The
present prosecution OF trusts, when
the penalties OF conviction are con.
sidered, is not even iustifying the eX.
pectation that they would make good
campaign fireworks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03
BY JOHN G. OSBORN.

Government ownership of public
utilities is not quite a new doctrine,
but 1t has received some little i'm
officer in favor of the government
taking over the telegraph and tele-
phone lines Anyhow, it has renewed
the discussion with a larger margin
of influence in favor of the plan.
THE ARGUMENT AGAINST 1T.
The argument against it begins with
the financial question, the large
amount of money required to pur-
chase the existing plants, compelling
a bond issue, the uncertainty of be-
profit, the probability that it would
involve loss, the difficulty of main
tanning the service, the chance that
il would deteriorate, the opportunity
of building up a vast political ma
chine, these are the considerations
usually urged against it.
In answer it may be said that it is
not necessary, not desirable even, to
purchase the existing plants. There
is very good reason. The writer has
a suspicion, impossible of course to
verify, and so gives it for what it is
worth, that way down at the bottom
OF affairs the managing owners of the
telegraph companies would be very
glad to unload their outfits upon I'm
Gle Samuel at the market value of
their capital stock and bonded debts
This suspicion is based upon the fol
lowing statement of probabilities:
That in view of the great improve
ments In, and the rapid extension of
the telephone, and the possibilities of
the wireless, it is reasonable TO ex-
pect that in a few years the present
methods will be out OF date, and the
| equipment of little value. Not that
/ they will cease to be used, for the
business will also increase, but that
they can no longer be made to sup
port the present profitable monopoly
1t is common thing for owners OF
public utilities that have about out
lived their usefulness to turn them
over TO city, county or state at the
best price obtainable, and invest the
money in modern equipment. and
then we soon have another example
of the failure OF public ownership. Lei
us hope that some microbe similar to
this is not busy Just now in Washing
ton.
THE POsTOFFICE EXAMPLE.
We are instructed by the example
Of the postofice department IL il
far and away the largest public sery
ice corporation in the country. Il
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03
Government Ownership

serves more people, handles more
money. Its service is as good as the
best. 1t is a political machine, but it
cannot always deliver the votes. The
government that has put this in
operation ought not to talk about i'm
possibilities.
But all this is speculation. 1t will
be said We want something practical,
something that can be commenced to-
morrow morning, and that will begin
TO give results next day. And that
is the purpose of the present writing.
A TELEPHONE SUGGESTION.
1t is entirely feasible for the gov
eminent to install in every postofice
a public telephone for the use of the
patrons of the office. Every office
has now a telephone, but it is the pri-
vate property of the postmaster, for
his accommodation, not for public use,
condition that should be reversed.
The people in the surrounding neigh
borhoods should have the privilege Of
connecting their wires with the post
office phone, which thus becomes a
central" for that district. These post
office centrals may be connected by
wire with larger ones in the prin
cipal towns or business centers, likely
the county seat, and these in turn
with the larger cities, and so on. And
thus every citizen can have telephone
service with every other citizen and
business house within the range of his
voice. all under one Management, Sc
curing economy and excellent service.
Everybody would jump at the chance,
and very little comparatively new
material would be required. And there
is no reason to doubt that in few
years the systems will be so far per-
fected that telephone communication
can be had across the continent, and
from Canada to the Gulf
A WAY To Do 1T.
But this will cost money. Surely.
But if a savings bank were opened in
every postoffice and per cent paid on
deposits money would come in as fast
as it could be used in constructing the
! system. Thus we should have a ma
tion-wide telephone service, owned by
the people In their corporate capacity
as sovereign states, used by them at
a charge equal only to the net cost OF
maintenance, paying no profits to stock
holders or spectators, an inestimable
benefit to all the people.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03
HEART aid
HOME :.
PROBLEMS
E7Y
Labor conquers all things.-virgil.

Dear Mrs. Thompson am en-
gagged to be married, but my intended
husband wants me to make my home
with his parents for the first year.
! want to wait until he can provide
a home for me. Am l not right in
this? BETROTHED.
You are quite right in insisting that
you will not marry until your husband
has provided you with home of your
own. This Is the least every bride
has a right to claim. The plan of
making your home for the first year
with his parents is a foolish one and
full of danger, however amiable the
parents may be. You will be wise to
spend that year by yourselves.
Dear Mrs. Thompson-As much as
dislike to say it, l am a Tilted lass.
Ny lover, whom I thought to be
among the noblest of men, after be-
slowing upon me many gifts and an
engagement ring, is now calling on
another girl. Should l return all the
things he has given me?
LASSIE.
You are entitled to keep your late
hance's presents, but you should re.
turn the engagement ring, which is
in the nature of a confidential gift.
Most girls would return the whole
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03
Humor and
Philosophy
FADING.
~ DUNCAN ~. .Snssrs

OH. see the pretty schemei
~ A dream
Indeed,
The kind you read
About,
1t surely must pan out.
There Is no slip
'Twixt cup and lip
In this alluring one.
1t dazzles as the sun.
And no such word as fail
Is hanging to its tail.
1t must, it shall. 1t has to win.
Dip in;
The waters fine.
The thing must prove q mine,
So easy that q child might play
With it and make a getaway.
A double plated cinch,
And every inch
A winner sure.
List TO its lure
And siren song.
1t can't go wrong,
For figure It in any way
And il must pay.
The profits make you fairly reel
Before you turn a wheel.
Some soheme-oh, my!
hope to die
If this one isn't quite the best
Fer put to test.
Yes. that's the dope before you fall
And dump in 1t your little all.
And then, oh, then-it is a sin
The flaws begin
Their heads to show!
The things a go,
But where, oh, where
Are all those profits? In the air?
That's where they are
And very far
From any certain landing place.
o victim, do We state the case?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03

, That girl has never really lived who
hiss not been stagestruck.
The man out Of job isn't worrying
about vacation.
To the indolent man patience is al
ways its own reward.
Half the pleasure in hearing a scan
dal lies in the anticipation of shocking
ones friends with it.
Many a young man who sows a crop
OF wild oats finds he needs help in
harvest time.
Men do not care to take their own
brand Of justice any more than doc
tors care to take their own medicine
Some people are so generous with
their own way that they insist on the
rest of as sharing it.
Our lives may be what we make
them, but remember that we all have
to use second hand material.
IN these days Of chalk aPG water
why cry over split milk?
An attack of the grip is often fol.
lowed by persistent cough, which
to many proves great annoyance
Chamberlain Cough Remedy has
been extensively used and with gooC
success for the relief and cure OF
this cough. Many cases have beer
cured after all other remedies had
failed. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03
The Colonel's Promise.

Gov. Stubs OF Kansas says that he
Is sure the colonel will accept a nomi-
nation for the presidency and viii
make the race.
DIR. Abbott Of The Outlook says that
Colonel Roosevelt would no more de-
cline the nomination for the presi-
dency than he would decline to en-
list II needed in time OF war
All Of which was called to the at
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03
Independent.

aye needn't be so all fired stuck up.
Who are We anyway? Cutting a
swath around here as though you was
quality"
"Pawdon me, sub. Have seen you
beforeT'
Eyes, We seen me before. I knew
ye when your ma took in washing, so
did,
"Oh, yes; and we had to speak to
you then to get your business, but we
don't any more. Seer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03

The owners of the mills at Law.
renee, Mass, who got things their
own way in the Payne-Aldrich tariff
bill, claiming it was necessary TO tax
the rest OF the country in order to pay
high wages, seem to be unable to
bring their employees to a proper un.
derstanding Of the situation as a regi-
ment Of militia is at the present time
necessary to secure acquiescence in
the wage scale.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03
Fled From Death.

We questioned the applicant for q
position as lsundress.
Are you marriedT' we asked.
''No, sub; rs a widduh."
-Ah-snd your husband is dead?'
"Yassuh-he's sho' daid"
How did he meet his deathT'
Meet It? Laws. man, he didn't meet
It! Dey had ter chase him two mile
70 dey all could ketch him an put de
rope roun' his neck."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03

II Captain Walter A. really decides
to become a candidate for the con-
gressional nomination he will fire a
shot that will be heard by the re-
publlcans around the district.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03

The st. Paul Railway company has
cut the annual dividend from : per
cent 10 per cent. The stockholders
expected this. and while the price of
stocks will probably decline on this
account, there was no panic in the
market
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03
Had EoH0niohk

THAT man MehitAble married has q
lot Of foresight" said Farmer Corn
tossel.
HE looked kind OF worried and scar
ed at the weddin'," replied his wife.
That's what makes me think he has
foresight Star.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03
Whx He ENJOYED Il.

Why He Enjoyed 1t.
~Some men will go to any length for
notoriety."
What now?"
Fellow went thirty days without
food"
"Poor man, Was his wife's cooking
as bad as that?'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03
Routine Resumed.

Master-So you have friendly doings
with your brothers people once more?
Pat-Yis. sir. His family and our'n
do be scra3pin' again as II they'd niver
DIN parted Bazaar.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03

Sweet Charitableness.
"T do love foggy days"
"The dreamy uncertainty, half veil
ed, half revealed
"Boshi Nothing of the sort"
Then whyT'
Because they make my hair curl
beautifully and take all the crimp out
of Frances"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03

Even Marse Henry was bound to say
Of Governor Wilson: Il found him a
man of polished manners. scholarly at
tainments and undeniable talents"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03

Brander Matthews says this country
will have a big war in 1880. It may
come quicker II eggs and butter con-
tinue to aviate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03
Feb. 3 in American
History

1S03-Albert Sidney Johnston, Confed.
crate general, born; killed 1862.
1SO7-Joseph Eggleston Johnston, Con-
federate general, born; died 1891.
1S11-Horace Greeley. founder Of the
New York Tribune, born; died 1872
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03

Boston-John T. Burnett of South
boro was appointed receiver for the
Rhode Island Coal company at the
request Of Henry H. Whitney, presi-
dent. The company owes $704,337.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03

Heyana-The protracted talk o:
raising the sunken battieship Maine
was crowned with success when the
after section, which was not injured
by the explosion and comprises ap-
NCximately half the total length of
the Inflated vessel, was set afioat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03

The similarity between Emperor
William and T. r. is seen in the fact
that both lost their home districts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03

Poor Substitutes.
"How's BrownY'
Sore
Didn't he succeed in getting his
name in the magazines, eh?"
mo; only in the police report"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03

So Helpful.
81 have a friend coming to visit me
next week. 1 want you to help me
entertain her."
But what can doT'
"Wear your old clothes, SO she will
feel like q swell dresser"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03

Variety.
In China they are eating rice
In high and noble glee,
And If they do not have the price
They eat an enemy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03
eY THE J. w. POTTER CO.
TERMs.-Daily. 10 cents per wee

TERMs.-Daily. 10 cents per week.
Weekly. 81 per year In advance
Complaints OF delivery service should
be made to the circulation department.
which should also be notified in every
Instance where It is desired to have
paper discontinued. as carriers have no
authority in the premises
All communications Of s-gumentative
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached for publica-
tion No such articles will be printed
over fictitious signatures
Telephones In all departments: Central
Union, West I45 and l1i5; Union Elec-
trio si45.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and weekly at 1879
seeoni avenue. Rock Island. Ill len.
tered at the postofnce as second-class
matter.I
Rock Island Member of the Associated
Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03

Sure Sign.
"Abbie has no secrets"
"Why do you say so?"
because she is so mysterious"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03
THE POsToFFICE EXAMPLE.

We are instructed by the example
Of the postofice department 1t is
far and away the largest public sery-
ice corporation in the country. 1t
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03

IN these days of chalk and water
why cry over split milk?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03

Our lives may be what we make
them, but remember that we all have
to use second hand material.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-03
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

That girl has never really lived who
hiss not been stagestruck.
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