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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-11-01

And there were 2.s4z MORE farms
MORTGAGED in the Democratic year
of 1894 than in the Republican year OF
1910.
Again seeking power, the Democratic
party NOW offers you the SAME tariff
policy it offered THEN. The tariff plank
of the Democratic platform of 1892 has
been nailed to the platform of 1912. 1t
declares for free trade policy which YOU
know closed Michigan factories, threw toll
ers out of employment and mortgaged
Michigan farms.
When the FARMER is rich. the
NATION is rich. Providence determines
the SIZE of the crop, of course. but only
the best economic conditions in the indus
trial world can possibly make farm produce
VALUABLE. 1t is the protected work
insman's demand and his ABILITY TO
PAY for the necessities of life that make
the crops worth harvesting.
And the farmer in Michigan S
prosperous
In l909-the last census report avail
able--his corn crop was worth nearly
thirty million dollars; hay, thirty-six
millions; oats, eighteen millions; wheat.
sixteen millions, and rye, four million
dollars.
Read those figures over again. They are
astounding.
The average value of farm land in this
state, per acre, has increased 1886 in the
past decade.
How closely the entire industrial life of
the state responds to the changes in the
welfare of the farmer is shown by the fact
that now, under Republican rule, there are
1000 MORE FACTORIES in Michi-
gan, employing QUARTER MILLION
MORE PEOPLE at a 40 per cent
HIGHER WAGE than in 1894.
These figures give some idea of the
wealth YOU may see by simply looking
around" Are YOU going to DISTURB
this prosperity Place Michigan's wealth
in JEOPARDYa Do YOU want to take
the chancea
Would YOU vote deliberately to return
to the conditions of 1862
Or will you vote the Republican ticket
and LET WELL ENOUGH ALONE2
Would you conserve and protect the
wealth of the great state of Michigan you
see all around you-the wealth that is
represented, not alone in granaries and fac
tories and mines and storehouses. but the
wealth portrayed in the happy countenance
of the children of well-paid workers and the
wealth represented in comfortable homes
and contented familesp
Or would you strike from the great seal
Of the State of Michigan the words en-
blazoned there for three-quarters of a
century:
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-11-01

IF you would know the wealth of the
peninsula. look about you"
This is a translation of the words. 81
Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam, Circum-
SPICE" engraved below the shield on the
great seal of the State of Michigan.
Did YOU know thatp
Michigan has ever been wealthy state.
When it was still territory the two PENN
sulas were rich in natural resources. Every
where wealth could be seen. There were
the great black forests. the magnificent
waterways. and the vast areas of fertile
lands awaiting but the plow of the
husbandman.
Then. to know Michigan's wealth. it
was only necessary to look about you"
The treasures of that day have been
TRANSFORMED into USEFUL
WEALTH by the tilling of the soil of
many rich farms, the operation of mines.
the building of factories and railroads.
The Protective policy of the REPUB-
LICAN PARTY has made this trans
formation of wealth possible. The protec-
ton afforded the farmer and the industries
has kept the proud boast on the great seal
The aggregate wealth of the state today
must be figured in billions The assessed
valuation. only portion of the total actual
wealth of the state. is nearly TWO
BILLION DOLLARS.
Now. it has never YET been necessary
to change Michigan's motto. But ONCE
in 50 years did it seem PROBABLE the
words would turn to empty jest. That
was in the days of l892-l8oo under the
tariff policy of the Democratic party.
During the brief period following the
rise of the Democrats to power in national
affairs. Prosperity was working on half time
at about half pay. The value of farm
property alone in Michigan dropped over
FORTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS.
No trihing sum.
But the people soon returned the Repub-
hcan party to power. What effect did
Protection have on farm values2
According to the u S. census of 1910,
the value of ALL Michigan farm property
increased, under Protection, in ten years
FOUR HUNDRED MILLION
DOLLARS.
That's an increase of ST. per cent.
Due to other causes. you may say.
Strange. is it not, that farm property
values in this state should DROP from
approximately $648000.000 in 1890 to
$500. 900. 600 immediately after the passage
of the Democratic tariff Then. is it not
peculiar that. with the REPEAL of the
measure. values should begin a STEADY
RISE. increasing $66.0O0.00O in six years
and $400.000.000 in the following ten
yearsp
81 QUAERIS PENINSULAM !
,REP( lBLICAN
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-11-01
OPEN LETTER FROM
HON. i. w. FORDNEY
Raps A. L. Chandler for Statements Made in an Ad-
dress Which Are Declared to Be Untrue

Hon. j. Fordney addressed
the Maple Rapids Dispatch Chandler
speech delivered in that place last
~, ST. Johns Michigan, Oct 25h
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-11-01
A TRUIsM.

No Republican tariff ever
threw an American out OF work
or harmed an American farmer.
Every Democratic tariff has
done both.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-05-22

Pictorial Review Patterns. Ran
dol-Ditzler's.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-05-22
Candidates Picture Gallery.

Tom Roberts, who has been in the
same line OF business for longer
period than any other citizen in Ard
more. and who conducts barber
shop on Main street, has establish
ed picture gallery of candidates
for office in the state. The first
picture to find a place there was that
of Chas. y. Haskell who is making
the race for the United States SEN
ate: the next was Fred +. Branson,
former chairman of the state Demo
cratic committee who wants to be
elected congressman at large, next
was that of William Franklin OF Ma
dill who formerly lived in Ardmore,
and who Is candidate for congress
man at large, the likeness of Bob
Echols of Elk City, candidate for
congressman at large graces the can
didate gallery as does the last pic
ture to be added that of Joe Thomp-
son of Pauls Valley who is also
candidate for congressman at large.
Other pictures will be added from
time to time and there will be much
interest in the Candidates Gallery be-
fore the election on August 6.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-05-22

Randol-Ditzler' big May sale is a
sure winner. Have You been?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-05-22
TELLING the Banana

A banana is hard thing for the
sreenhorn TO buy right. One way to
tell is by the tip end. If it is sweet
the tip is small and comes to a sharp
point. If there is an abundance OF
,hick, tough skin. full of leathery
ifter. something is wrong with the
banana; maybe it has too much plan
tain in it. Avoid the ba.. ma with the
tip all spread out with 100 much knot
ty skin at the end.-New York Press.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-05-22
WILL ROOSEVELT COME BAcK?"

With fear distended nostrils,
champing vainly at the bit that was
guiding it to ruin, the war horse OF
Ohio Republicanism has been ridden
upon the first sally Of what will end
in a charge to certain defeat, Hur-
rahing for the phantom cooked hat
and following the sound of clanking
saber and rafting spurs the Repub-
lican charger has been reined into
down riding and tramplng under
foot the general who led the Republi-
can forces to "a national victory in
1908.
As foretold in the columns OF this
paper published away down mere on
the sun kissed plains of southern OK
lahoma, the "home folks have be-
lieyed of their own son all that the
tongue of jealousy and an unscrupu-
lous rival has said. They have har-
kened to the insidious whisperngs OF
the serpent that, in one guise or an
other has crawled upon the face of
the earth and stricken the heel of
the race of man kind snce the days
in the garden Of Eden.
Does the Roosevelt victory in the
Ohio primaries of yesterday, mean
Roosevelt victory in the general
election next fall? The question may
well be answered by another. Did
the magnificent showing made by
James J. Jeffries in the training
camp foretell that he would come
back" when he faced his Opponent
in the ring in Reno? When Jeffries
spared with jim Corbett and Others
OF his kind he was meeting with
friends to his cause-skilled foemen,
it is true, but nevertheless foemen
who were such for the time and pur
pose only. So it is over the country
today. so it was in Ohio yesterday
The contest between Taft and Roose-
welt was simply bout OF Republi-
cans among themselves. Corbett
thought that Jeffries could come back
the voters of the Republican primar-
les think that Roosevelt can come
back The Democrats in 1908,
thought that Bryan could come back.
The British thought, hundred years
hot
back in this country and got a sec
ond trouncing for their pains.
The election this fall, should
Roosevelt be his party's choice. will
simply be a case of history being
rewritten. Caesar surrendered, for
a time the reins of government to
Anthony and felt the sting of the
dagger when he sought to again take
them-to come back Napoleon
had his Waterloo: was he ever able
TO come back? CORVALLIS laid down
his sword and surrendered his forces
TO Washington, and Packingham laid
down his life in a vain endeavor to
again plant the cross of ST. George
on American soil. Jeffries climbed
over the ropes in an endeavor to
come back and the niger knocked
him into cooked hat and should
the Republican party see fit, in the
Chicago convention. TO leave Theo-
dore's hat inside the ring, the man,
who ever he may be, that will be
named at the Baltimore convention
will knock it higher than Gilderoy's
kite ever flew on windy day.
Randol-DitZler's big Nav sale is a
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-05-22
Domestic Repsrtcc.

"You will remember said shs
haughtily, that you proposed to me
four times before | consented to mar
ry you. You wouldn't take no for an
answer" Il remember he replied
sadly. at seems 10 me that every
time Won have changed yom mind I've
lot the worst of IT.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-05-22
domestic Hepartee.

you will remember" said she
haughtily, that you proposed to me
four times before ] consented to mar
~ you. You wG ildn't take no for an
answer" Il remember" he replied
sadly TT seems to me that every
time you have changed your mind I've
got the worst Of It."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-05-22
Gave Pet Lion to 600

The Bristol Zoo" has just been
presented with fine young lion, by
young sportswoman who had brought
the animal up since its capture as
tiny cub in East Africa. The lady
bade her pet an affectionate adieu In
its cage.-London Mail.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-05-22

Texas raises more turkeys than any
other state--perhaps because turkeys
require plenty of room for range, and
Texas surely can give them that.
Little Rhode Island, however, is said
to produce the largest mber OF big
turkeys-some of them weighing 40
pounds, and worth 40 cents for every
pound.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-05-22
ARGUMENT

lan has child ie Princess Bubu the Prince
Caspian prince his attend the wedding The couple
the mpore father make
The determines
betrothal On reaching the
he pedders, and
thus seek palace The the garden first and
maids of is allowed
princess who donsolate through the woods The
speedily ubuS affections and endeaVo persuade
Prince Caspian and pe with him instead This the prime
the ballroom that
Unable she Bubu
hides bidding him her CONSERVATION
learn that the and both
missing mortified when ulbu the ballroom
that she will not wed the
she ovca peddler Throwing aside the
hidden she him to the full of king
The king the
pcdd prince Bub pleased the to be ndg
Ida who has
lingering fondn for the king him under promise he
Aam and Lila make
happy the three weddings for Tuesday nosn
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-05-22

NOTICE TO PLUMBING. WIRING,
HEATING AND VENTILATING
CONTRACTORS - Sealed bids
will be received st the o.
flee of clerk of board of education,
Ardmore, Okla, until $3.50 p. m,
Thursday, May 80, 1912, for the
furnishing of labor and materials
for plumbing, wiring, heating and
ventilating of the new high school
building, now duGer construction in
the City of Ardmore, Okla, as per
plans, specifications and details
prepared for same by J. B. White,
architect, Ardmore, Okla. Each bid
shall be accompanied with a certi-
fled check of five per cent of the
amount of bid, as called for in
specifications, same to be made
payable to G. II. Bruce, clerk of
said board of education. Separate
bids will be received on each one
of the three different branches Of
work. Plans, specifications and de-
tails can be had at the office OF
architect. Said board reserves the
right to reject any or all bids.
G. II. Bruce, Clerk of Board Of Ed
ucation. Ardmore, Okla '19-5t
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-05-22

SEE OUR TABLES OF SPECIAL
RED TAG PRICES ON LADIES'
AND CHILDREN'S PUMPS AND
OxFORDS. HAMllTON'S SHOE
STORE.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-05-22
LOST AND FOUND.

UOST-A clergyman's railway permit
book. Signed Robert d. Wilson"
Finder please leave same at Ard
moreite office. 21-3
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-05-22
ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Ardmoreite is authorized to
announce the following candidates
subject to the choice Of the Demo
cratic voters at the state primary
to be held August 6, 1912.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-05-22

We take pleasure in telling people
how 10 get groceries at wholesale
cost. Phone g.. Malone Lykins, the
Groceryman. 19-tf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-05-22

Randol-Ditzler's big May sale is a
sure winner Have You been?
Putnam patriot., 1912-03-15
4- &- x- +
St. Patrick Story.

March IT has been. from the earliest times. celebrated as St. Patriek's day. When l WAS a boy in Tipperary they used to tell a story 10 account for the observance of the saints feast on that particular day. This legend was to the effect that there was once dis pute as to the date Of St- Patrick's death With an ardor similar to that which inspires those who in literary circles today argue for or against tho lnnacy of Hamlet, two great factions Of Irishmen debated as to whether the saint died on the Sth or the sth of March Things waxed warm, as they are likely 10 in disputes. even among such genial people as the Irish. and there was every possibility or either one side or the other tor bothl
 getting what Is known in Ireland as the father and mother of batin," when in stepped between the contend ing parties some peacemasing genius. some Edwin D. Mead of that elder day, who said: "stop ye're noise, Let us add the 9th and to the sth and call p the lTth.- whereupon peace prevailed. and they all lived happily ever after Denis A. Mccarthy. In the Boston Herald.
Putnam patriot., 1912-03-15
CELTIC STRAIN IN AMERICA
It's Intermingting With That Of Other Races Has Made This f!stion
 Strong and Great.

It would take a volume. and a large one. to set forth the whole of the debt which America owes to men of Celtic blood There is a sentimental effort on foot by men of this race to conserve the various branches of the Celtic language and to perpetuate in its purity 10 future ages the Celtic blood The sentiment Is admirable. The Celts. and particularly Trishmen, have been noted for their ardent patriotism. No people ever loved their native sod with such tender ness of devotion as the people of this green isle. But the Celtic race is not sufficiently differentiated from the Latin and from the Teutonic to make perpetual segregation possible
 For 9 900 years the amalgamation of these European races has been going on. and the amalgamation must go on untll in a complete mingling of the various strains will arise one con glomerate people of various strains of the highest tyne Of humanity that the world has ever known The city of Boston is mere Irish than Yankee. and tbe lnterminglins of the blood of men like Patrick Collins with that of the descendants of John Alden and Cotton Mather is just what gives us the men of whom We are proud The influence of this Celtic race, the pio- neers of all Europe in It's mingling with the other strains of white blood in the American people, is of more value than the conservation of the Erse sept in Connemara or Tyrone.
Putnam patriot., 1912-03-15

Warlike as it vas. 1t was uBbounded also in loyalty, generosity. and selfsac- rihce. IL was not. therefore. untouched by the records of martyrs. he princi- ples of seIf-sacrince. or the doctrine of a great sacrifice II loved the chil- dren and the poor. and St. Patrick made the former the exempiiers of the faith and the latter the eminent inner itors Of the kingdom
 In the main institutions and tradi- tons of Ireland were favorable to Christianity. and the people received the gospel gladly | appealed to them and prompted ardent natures to find their rest In spiritual things. II had created among them an excellent ap- preciation of the beautiful. the es- thetlc and the pure.
 The rapid growth Of learning. as well as pfety, in the three centuries succeeding the conversion Of Ireland proved that the country had not been until then without preparation for the gift
 Perhaps nothing human had so large an influence in the conversion of the Irish as inc personal character
Putnam patriot., 1912-03-15
NatIooal Spirit unsubdued.

After six centuries of English domI
 nation. English law and English pol. Icy and language in Ireland. Ireland maintains its national identity, and its people their racial consciousness, not diminished. but stronger and worldwide because of repatriation. If the national spirit were ever at the point of yielding under oppression it was quickly revived by religion. Love of his land and veneration for his religion are nowhere so closely connected as in the Celt; hence the patron saints day Is the national day.
Putnam patriot., 1912-03-15

of our apostle. By nature. by grace. and by proyidential training he had been especially fitted for his task.
 Everywhere we can trace the might and sweetness that belonged 10 his character. the versatile mind, yet the simple heart, the varying tact. yet the fixed resolve. the large desire talk. ing counsel from all, yet the minute so- lleitude for each, the fiery zeal, yet the gentle temper. the skill In using means yet the reliance in God alone. the readiness 10 action. with a willing ness Co walt the hahfual selfpos- session, yet the outburst of an in- splratiop. which raised him above him seR-the abiding consciousness of an authorily-an authority in him but net of him. and yet the ever present humility Above all, there burned in him that boundless love which seems The main constituent Of apostolic char. aeter lt was love for God but 1t was love for man also an impassioned love. parental compassion Wrong and injustice to the poor he resented as an injury to God.
 A just man, indeed. was St Patrick: with purity Of nature like the patrl- archs. true pilgrim like Abraham; gentle and forgiving of heart like Moses. a praiseworthy psalmist like David; an emulator of wisdom like Solomon, chosen vessel for pro claiming truth like the Apostle Paul: A man of grace and of knowledge of the Holy Ghost like the beloved John: a lion in strength and power; a dove in genfleness and humility: a servant of labor in the service of Christ: . king in dignity and might. for bind. ing and looseuins. for liberating and eonvicting
Putnam patriot., 1912-03-15
worshty Honor srnser of lloht

Wonder not that the Irish honor such man as their national saint. Hero worship had never a more sane and noble object than the bringer of light. Ip reverencing Patrick they indirectly demonstrate their keen ap- preciation of what is superla,ively worthy Great mea have been born into the race many a time since Pat, ricks death; but the mightiest of them is. in the estimation of all true Irishmen. small indeed when com pared to holy Patrick
Putnam patriot., 1912-03-15
WOODSTOCK TAX NOTICE

By virtue of: warrant issued to me for the collection of taxes levied on the grand list of the town of Wood stock for the year 1911, and which are due on or before April 1st, 1912, accor- ding to vote of said town. Notice is hereby given that for purpose of col lecting said tax, l will meet all persons liable to pay property and personal taxes at the following time and places;
 March Is, at Post Office, Woodstock Valley from 9.30 a. m., until Il a. m.
 March IS, at Post Office, West Woodstock, from l ?. m., until D. m.
 March 25, at Post Office, East Wood- stock, from 9.30 a. m., until ll.30 a. m. At Town Clerks Office, North Woodstock, from 30 p. m., until $50 D. m.
 March 30, at Post Office, Woodstock, from a. m., until 10 a. m. At Saf- ford's Store, South Woodstock, from II. a. m., until l2 a. m. From l. p. m., until 5 p. m.
 All taxes not paid on one of these dates will have all legal fees and in- terest added.
 N B. Personal taxes are, by law, due and collectable on the first day of March, and must be paid before April 1st
 Dated at Woodstock, Feb. 29, 1912.
 LEONARD H. HEALEY,
 Tax collector for Town of Wood. stock 9-11
Putnam patriot., 1912-03-15
ai. Influence on Many Lanas-

Denied the opportunity for develop ment In his own beautiful land, the Celt has embraced II where offered abroad. Though intensely national. he has shown an sdaptshiltty 10 oth. CT conditions, In the lands 10 which he has been driven by bad govern ment at home he has developed DOW. CTS that at home were unrecognized. His emigration has been proyidential both for himself and for the country of his adoption. He has made Aus tralia and New Zealand what they are. he has developed Canada and ia our country has given elements of strength to our American population and withal hs has not ceased to hs . Cslt
Putnam patriot., 1912-03-15
TWO LEGENDS OF ST. PATRICK One That the Sons of the Emerald Isle Shall Be Judged by Him.

HERE is an old legend-no Na doubt fondly hugged to an NJ Irishman's conscience - NAE that at the last day of
 judgment the sons of tho
 Emerald Isle shall bs judged by St Patrick alone. And for many centuries there was pointed out on the island of Lough Derg a cave said to be the entrance to St Patrfek's Purgatory-"andi it should be to any one who had courage to go into 1t as if he had passed through purgatory after death"
 Of entirely different nature is the profane legend linking St. Patrick's 8 name with that special delicate privi- lege permitted the fair sex every leap year
 Shortly after passing the snake eN- clusion act, St. Patrick met St Bridget. who brought to him the com plaints of certain young ladies in her nunnery because they were debarred the initiative privilege in affairs of the heart--celibacy not then being compulsory unless a special VOW had been taken St Patrick. duly consid- ering the matter, suggested that the desired privilege should be granted once in seven years.
 "Arrahi Pathrick. jewel" cried St Bridget. T daurn't go back to the gurls wid such a proposal Nick 1t one year in four
 It ended of course in her gaining her woman's way. he gallantly giving her leap year. the longest one of the lot"
 And leap year it must have been then by lucky chance. for St. Bridget at once made good by popping the question herself But as St. Patrick had taken the VOW Of eelibacy, he could only offer the consolation prize of kiss and a silk dress.