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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-26
Seeing America First
by FRED c. KELLY.

From diary:
Western people are an uccommo-
dating lot In San Diego one day /
stopped a nan 20 Inquire a street
number lie began 10 tell me how
to get there. but his directions be
came so complicated hal he saw /
would never be- able 10 figure it all
out. So he said he would Just go
with me 1 don't know how much
business he was obliged 10 shirk IN
order 10 steer me AZ. ght, but he per
sisted In walking with me 10 within
half a block Of my destination
The most accommodating person
| have met, though, was "A traffic pc
llceman In Los Angeles. paused In
crossing the street to ask him what
car to take to find a certain street
number.
He Enzed OF into space, thinking
.ntently, and remarked lie me
see. Then he took a little book out
Of his pocket and began to thumb the
pages II took him a good while to
find the page he was hunting, and
traffic began to pile up waiting for
his whistle.
"I thought itNVi ght here in the
front Of the tBok3 said the cop. AS
he wet his ssssr finger and started
through tha pages aga n. Mean
while autof tutllcs. trucks, and wag
ons seemed TO be coming from every
direction with alI possible haste To
Join IN the blockade No matter
where ! looked, / saw nothing but
vehiccs.
Maybe you'd better let a few Of
these automobiles pass, / suggested,
for a number ~ sble-bodied chauf-
feurs were giving me savage looks.
I'm find 1t In Just a second,
replied the accommodating cop. Hc
did not intend to delay giving lnfor-
nation TO a stranger within his gates
simply because a street or two was
getting blockaded
Feeling that / was the real cause
or the traffic tle.up, / could not help
surveying what ! had done with a
n OF pardonable pride. For nearly
two blocks In four directions not o
wheel was turning Everybody was
waiting on me TO finish my talk
with the traffic cop. My BOSOM
swclled. Twas indeed one NJ the big
moments Of my NE, After proudly
staring at my work for a brief space
! decided TO let the traffic resume. sc
I patted the policeman soothingly
on the shoulder, said to him: u
guess | can find t. and dashed to.
ward the curb.
As ! looked back | saw him put.
ting away his little book with q hurI
expression on his face because I had
not waited longer. But a moment
later ne rave his signal, and soon Loi
Angeles traffic had once more re-,
gained is normal ebb and flow.
To one who has Just finished pay
ing a SIS coal bin II was a real ad
venture TO hear this story about tn,
fuel problem that confronted a LoI
Angeles man who moved there las
fall from the east
81 was assured" he related, tina
| would not need more than a ton o
coal, II that much, After I hat
bought the coal for the furnace | be
gan TO thing about the item OF kin
ding wood. ] went to the fuel plac,
where I had bought the coal, bu
they told mo that they did not han
die kindiins. And they could not "a,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-26
BRYAN AND PROHIBITION.

Pcrcpt oyrnls have led many 10 the
hclicr ,n,t Secretary BRYAN ia amhl
ious for another nomination and "A
final ,riol ror fine pr'csidcncy. this I've
,ior b.Iur bn.cd ON his recent advocacy
~ rr,nibIriou This has led the Port
land Orcgonlnp 10 say:
"If MIR RryaD thinks now 10 revive
tho l~r,opinc homes Of Democracy hy
taking mn rrnnibitlon ms a party issue.
his Indictment Inns erred nrnin Pro.
bnIti,p is a moral issue on witch all
n~srtiss are divided The peoule nrc
ao,,d,pg E, vitnouf regard 10 PARTY.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-26

offhand who did handle t. / looked
about. but for the NE NJ me / was
not able to find anybody who sold
hndling As ! stood on the corner
In front Of a grocery wondering what
TO do, I glanced In n window and saw
a display Of old fashioned wooden
clothes pins, That gaze mo on idea.
/ went In and asked the man what
he would take for a bushcl of clothes
pins lie quoted me q prlcc that
seemed fairly reasonable ana I
bought them Tor my wood box They
proved TO he a cheap aud satisfactory
form " kindIIng and. supplemented
by Sunday supplements. lasted me
all winter ! have n few OF them
yet"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-26
OFFICE BUILDINGS FILLED.

Few cities of the same size have as
many office buildings rs Oklahoma
CITY I'm fact It may be said that Few
siAgs " twice ITS size have as many
~rndings Of that kind The best part
Of It for the owners Of these struc
lures Is TINT the offices ARE nearly all
occupied. Inquiry at any Of the office
buildings win bring the Information
that nearly an the rooms are taken
This may be accepted as d matter NJ
fact. hu. NJ course there Is a renson
~ II. ~ tho first place the city q,
Won supplied with professional men
LAWYERS nnd doctors are numerous
aud th'y have attract Q offices iu the
tn'i %bHildings or clycUh here In the
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-26
State Small Talk

The Tulsa World expresses the
opinion that. whatever else It may
do. It's n clnch the next Republican
national convention win not force n
presidential nomination ON anybody
1.-THE bank clerks and office boys
will now proceed TO keep strictly In
style by purchasing the new cutaway
suits. hut the hnuk presidents and
captains of industry viii worry along
with the same Old snck coats, oh.
serves the Muskogee Phoenix.
Four foreigners told a Bartlesyille
justice Of the peace that they did not
have to work the roads The j P
answered them by assessing n fine
and costs 10 the amount Of $40 In each
case Three concluded that the off
Ger knew more law than they did aud
bundled over the required cash hut
the fourth, mot So fortunate, will
probably do Jail time
A threshiug machine agency at
Clarcmore hus made record time sell
ing threshcrs I'm the last week
they averaged one machine O day for
seven days. the sales aggrcgating $l5,
600 The farmers lon that part NJ the
stnte predict the biggest wheat crop
ever
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-26
WHEN NELSON OF
STAR CALLED T.R.
Late Editor VAS a Great Friend OF
h%ooseyeIt's and Wa In Habit OF
Expressing Himself Freely.

The recent death OF william II.
Nelson, editor OF the Kansas city
Star, brings to mind a TN he had
with Colonel Roosevelt In 1905 Col.
onel Nelson was IA great friend OF
Colonel kopscvclt's. At that time
Mr.. TAFT was being doomed for the
Republican nomination and Colonel
Nelson wns ur him He came To
Washington and, before going to the
White House to see Colonel Roose
volt, heard that George II. C%urtelyou
had Frank u. Hitchcock. then first
assistant postmaster general, gather
ing up southern delegates for Cortel-
YOU
Look here. Mr.. President" sutd
Colonel Nelson, as soon as the DIT 81
dent had greeted him, what's this
! hear about C]ortelyou's using 'hs
postoffice department to land south
ern delegates Tor himself go
The president explained that he
had no right to interfere with any
Of the candidates for the nomination
and that he val holding hands Oft
That's all very well Mr.. Presl-
dent, replied Colonel Nelson, but
Mr.. Cortclyou has no right to use he
government machinery"
For a minute there was silence
The president looked at Colonel Ncl-
son and Colonel Nelson looked At
tho president The editor was the
first 10 break tho silence.
Mr. President" he said. Il ha Q
always admired you, I admire you
for many things, but admire ,iu
most because o go around with
your boots N. Now o are Greer
ing around in YOU stocking feet. Put
on your boots, let Us know where
you stand"
The president put on his boots.
stood for Taft and the rest Is pollti,
cal history
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-26

80
q o o o
q on. that sweet pltitul hour In q
q which "A Elrl first knows she loves. .
q Wisttull, she ussrs into the limo u
q cent eyes Of tho rhiid she Eas, q
q She IL saying good by forever. u
q Thru fcurfull, she turns 10 follow u
% the woman She shall become. Her ~
q way l~iss-whercF q
% 90 600 90 o 1000 o -
9 should have been happy on the
20 CHI after my mother had told me
/ was 90 mnrry Charles pcnnlsou u
was really my engagement night, al
though my tancc dld not come 90
sec me- until tho following evening
I should have been able ul least, 90
have kuclt at my mothers feet and
put my head ln her lap and have
known she understood ull the things
neither NJ M could say Surely lhif
should he a very sweet hour In Il
girl's HE The moment when she
takes her last look into the eyes ot
her childhood and turns away tu
face the woman she shall become
hut iu reality / spent the night ir
tears did not know why I cried
was only vaguely miserable AZ first
I'm the dark, AS / lay IN my liltl,
narrow he'd. ! was amazed Co rcaliz,
the tears we're making their way
down from my cheek 10 the pillow
And then suddenly was real,
afraid, and ! shook with sohs m,
only concrete thought ! had was tina
! did not wish 90 be married Of p,
much / was sure. II val not ChRrlel
u was fond enough Of him But
felt so young, no ignorant Every In
stiuct ] had cried out that all I nov
faced I'm ne waS big momenious
and / was frightened because I knew
myself 90 he uuprepRred
I avoke I'm the morning viii
heavy eyes and a duh headache from
CRYING When ! went 10 breakfas
u was late and mother had alreRd,
eaten and gone The lamp beneath
the coffee urn had gone out so ! hat
10 nlnble ON some half-cold toss
and some coffee that was thor
oughly chilled This on the morn
Ing " the day which was to be
milestone In my NE And | dressed
to meet Charles IN the evening IA
less carefully than I had done OF
many other occasions
Father and I sat through dinne
n silence Perhaps In the stress o
his business no had already com
pletely forgotten our talk ~ N.
night before Though his affair
were muddled he did not seem 4
dream that. at the table with him
sat Mia little girl with a heart a
troubled over the business OF lie q
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-26

ural gas. similar associations At
Pauls Valley and Wynnewood will
Help
The citizens of Pawnee are IN the
heat Of a campaign for voting a fran
chise to supply the city with nnturnl
gas, II is the belief among the poo
pie there that q great saving In fuel
will result with the installing of gas.
L. r. Busenbark who has controlled
the dostinles OF the Seminole County
Capital for the past four years, has
disposed Of the paper to George F.
Ray N Tulsa, aud will remove TO
New MeNico.
"Nou often hear " an old Demo.
crnte who prides himself on never
having voted other than that ticket
hut that old codgcr Isn't In It with the
Democrat from Indiana who recently
voted that same ticket twenty two
times In one day and who Is nov
serving q term No the penitcntiary, %
says the P%awhusra Capital.
Walter Ferguson I'm the Cherokee
Republican says that the Twenty
Years Ago column Of an exchange
speaks Of a citizen losing n horse by
death II is well to define the meth
DDS OF losing n horse at that period Of
Oklahoma history
The recent decision Of Judge Pol
lock regarding the federal game law
has not given hunters the nerve yet
to disturb the thousands u Wild ducks
and geese that yet mhabIt the salt
Plains Of the northwestern part Of the
state.
The Guthrie Leader says that the
compliment was worthIly bestowed
when John Golohic was selected prest.
dent Of the 'S9ers association Of that
city. The Leader says "GOloble was
one Of the first ON the first train, He
Is every bit ms picturesque, affab(e
and aggressive now as he was twenty,
six years ago. A book on pioneering
| from Golobie's pen would be well
worth while.
A. Chaplin, who has been visiting
the Panama exposition and Incident
ally viewing places over the west and
northwest, has just returned to Blaine
county and tells the people there that
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-26

bnck with an anxious sigh. II only
to WASH 50 neeulc.,, sue luut
Injured. "Nnen ne goes away I never
recl sure Lnut / Gyer viii see him
again.
But this time she had no need 10
worry, Tor Peer was Us WatcnIuI as
Il careful rabbit should he. lie took
no chances until he was sure the way
was clear. First he went 10 the
Green Forest and hunted up Bobby
Coon. Bobby wac IN his hollow tree
asleep, ana 1t was II very sleepy luu6
iug lace that finally pcerrd DOWN at
Peter. There's going to be- u meeting.
Il very important meeting, under the
big hickory tree by the Smiling Pool
tonight as soo rs jolly, round, re |
Mr.. sun goes 10 bed, and It is most
important you be- there he AN
nOunCed.
Then, without waiting FOR a reply,
Peter hurried of. lie did the same
thing at inc Billy Possum's house.
lie called On Prickly Perky the Poccu.
pine and Happy Jack squirrel, and
Chattercr the Red Squirrel, and Jimmy
skunk. and Jumper the Hare, and
bunny Meadow Mouse, annd IN eacn
case he announced the important meet.
ing, but did not tell what II wat Tor.
He did the same thing with Jerry
Muskrat and asked Jerry TO pass I he
word along to Billy Mink and Little
iW otter. Then very well satisfied
he started back for the dead old Brirr
Patch TO wait for jolly, round bright
MIR sun TO 90 TO bed behind the Purple
Hills.
On the way he stopped In the fnr
corner ~ the Odd Orchard 10 tell
Johpuv Chuck what he had done. II
don't suppose You win come, though
I wish you would said Peter visit.
fully.
NO." replied Johnny THAT is my
bedtime and | don't approve II being
out late nights. But whatever you
do / will agree 10. How ever did you
get them all 10 agree To be there
Peter grinned. II didn't said he
81 didn't tell them what the meeting
Ia for. and I didn't wait 10 answer
questions. That's how | am sure
they viii he there. They will be NJ
curious 10 learn what II IN all about
that they'll come, every n NJ 'em.
Curiosity Is really good for something
when you know how 10 make Use OF
H."
with which sage remark Peter once
more started for the dear Old Brier
Patch.
Next story; The Ancient and su-
preme Orders Of QuAddies.
bud Berwick pc she exclaimed
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-26

Farmers and others who live at q
distance from a drug store should
keep In the house a bottle Of BAL
LARD's SNOW EMINENT. II may
be needed at any time for cuts,
wounds, sores, sprains or rheuma.
tism. II Ia q powerful healing and
penetrating remedy, Price 2bc, 500
and 800 per bottle. Sold BY West
fall Drug 20.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-26

Bud Berwick 90 she exclaimed,
Aren't you ashamed of yourself, 10
eat all that banana without offering
at least part Of II 10 the little girl1"
Bud looked a bit uncomfortable, hut
after a moments hesitation he an.
swered
ITS all right, grandma I said 'eI.
Cuse me "
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-26

Good digestion is needed when q
follow has TO eat his own words.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-26

A corn contest has been arranged
between farmers ln Blaine county. A
premium Of $25 with he paid for the
highest Yield Of corn OOH ten acres and
$l5 will be paid for the next highest
yield. A large number of farmers are
going ~ enter the contest.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-11-25
Artillery In the Alps.

All sorts of out-of-the-way and often
unexpected difficulties are met by the
Italian troops in the fight against the
Austrians Several fights, for instance,
have taken place at heights between
1000 and 10000 feet above sea level.
At these great heights the ordinary
gun sights are useless. The higher
the altitude the rarer the air becomes
and farther gun will shoot. Most of
the gun sights are made for and test
ed at practically sea level, so the Ital-
ian gunners in the Alps would have
found that their guns were not shoot
ing accurately If special sights had
not been used.
A shell at 5000 feet up, for in
stance, which at the ordinary level
would travel $500 yards, would go g.
$50 yards, while at 1850 feet altitude
it would be going $500 yards, or 100
yards further than it ought to go.
All the Italian mountain guns, there
fore, have to have specially corrected
sights. We have, of course, used sim
liar mountain guns in India and other
places, but there has never been a
campaign waged at such height as
the one between the Italians and Aus
trians.-Pearson's.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-11-25
OCCUPATION ONE OF PERIL
Men Engaged in Removing Awnings
Risk Their Lives In Every Task
They Undertake.

Steeplejacks have long enjoyed q
reputation for daring, but it is ques-
ton whether they come in the same
class of riskers as the awning remov-
ers, says the New York Times. These
removers do not need or use the rope
and block and fall accessories of the
steeple men. Yet they climb to places
an impossible manner.
Starting at the street level two or
three awning removers will strip the
entire front Of fiat house and never
go indoors They are as agile as aero
bats. They reach up to window sill
and then raise themselves to the win.
dow ledge. Finishing the window
while standing at this ledge they seize
the top stone Of the window, pull
themselves up to~it and from there
reach again to the window ledge
above so as to strip another window.
Through the belt they wear runs a
line and with this they lower the avn
ings as they take them down.
How they can do their work with
SO little to hang on to is more re-
markable than the tasks performed by
the structural iron workers. The iron
worker If he slips has something at
hand in the way of a beam around
which he has chance to lock his
arms. The awning remover when he
slips falls outward from the ledge and
has nothing to clutch Recently three
awning remoyers stripped seven
story fiat of Is windows in the Bronx
in the remarkable time of three hours,
all from the outside.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-11-25
WOULD HONOR INDIAN CHIEF
College Professor Has Aroused Inter
est In the Memory Of Friend Of
the Early Whites.

Prof. Edward s. Meany Of the Uni
versity Of Washington is arousing pub
lie interest in the memory of old Chief
Pat Kanim of the Snoqualmie and Sno-
homiSh Indians. Chief Pat, stanch
friend Of the early whites, is one OF
the forgotten heroes of pioneer days,
and Professor Meany wants his grave
marked with suitable-monument.
In the days when settlers had rea-
son to fear the lurking red foes in
the deep forests, Chief Pat Kanim's
people were powerful where Everett
now stands. It Is not known just
when the chief died, but he was buried
on bank OF the Snohomish river.
When the grave was threatened by
the overlooking river, relatives moved
the remains to the little cemetery on
the Tulalip Indian reservation, where
many OF the tribes he ruled in power
now live in humble homes.
Bancroft's History Of Washing.
ton" tells Of the chiefs craftiness in
driving Glasgow and Rabbeson from
the first settlement on WILDLY island
in 1S48. He made a great drive with
dogs, and secured sixty DEER for .
feast of assembled warriors. He coun,
seled in favor of driving the white
men out Of the country.
Glasgow and Rabbeson went back
to Tumwater, and the next year Pat
Kanim led an assault on Fort Mis-
qualify. While Pat Kanim was par
leying inside the stockade, his brother
was killed leading an attack by the
Indians. Pat Kanim was spared, and
in 1850 he made q trip to San Fran.
cisco in q sailing vessel. What he
saw on that journey made him re
solve to become a friend Of the white
man. He faithfully lived up to that
resolution for the rest of his life.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-11-25
Life of an Electric plant.

The electric plant in the Hoffman
1ouse now being torn down cost 49,.
200 seven years ago. 1t was sold afew
weeks ago for 1880. And this was an
exceptionally good price, as the plant
had. been SO well cared for that it was
in unusually good condition. The value
of the plant as scrap was $3.50. Which
leads the Edison Monthly to some re-
marks about allowances made by
builders for depreciation. They usual
ly, it seems, calculate on i've per cent
depreciation per annum, but this plant,
which was far better cared for than
most machinery, shows an annual de-
probation of approximately 12h per
cent. According to Albert A. Volk,
head Of the wrecling company that
demolished the Hoffman house, an cleo
trio plant depreciates to scrap value
In ten years. instead of the 20 gen.
orally allowed, and even then the
scrap value is usually less than eight
per cent of the original cost.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-11-25
LIBRARIES BUY FEM BOOKS



Il is expected that the war economy
Of the English local authorities viii
take the form, among other things. of
Z cutting down Of expenditure on pub
lie lih1aries. The recent local gov.
eminent board circular suggested the
libraries IS one OF the departments
on which there might be saving.
The Library association at its re-
cent meeting had discussion which
showed that many people are afraid
that ECONOMY win have the effect Of
seriously iniuEing the educational
value Of the libraries. and this ct a
time when the Importance of Iitera.
ture, both a. N escapo from an over
mxHteEtng phReEEion and AZ helping
people to take wider and sounderI
views on the problems OF the war. is
greater than ever. The Lambeth
libraries committee has just decided
not to buy any novels during the war.
and it is probable that this example
will be widely followed. The argument
Is, of course, that fiction in war times
Is luxury. What are called useful
books" will continue to be bought at
Lambeth.
It is likely, says the Manchester
Guardian, that many library commit
tees will adopt the sensible course of
cutting down expenditures on ephem-
eral fiction while still buying the
works of the first rate novelists. 1t is
impossible that there will be any re.
trenchment on books on the war;
which are being eagerly read at the
moment Many committees may cease
buying the more expensive books of
general literature.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-11-25
Boy FIret 10 KIM eear.

Dorset Ringler, seventeen. of Trout
Run Is the first Lycoming (Pa.) coun.
ty hunter this season with q bear to
his credit. Ringler and Floyd Bowen,
another Trout Run lad, were returning
from an unsuccessful coon hunt at one
o'clock the other morning when they
heard something crashing through the
brush, and "a moment later q large
black bear passed 30 feet In front Of
them and started to climb an oak tree.
Bowen was the first to fire and
missed. At the report Of the gun the
bear started down the tree, and as 1t
touched the ground Ringler sent q bull
let into It's heart, killing it instantly.
Returning to the village Of Trout Run,
i've miles distant. the boys awakened
their fathers, who accompanied them
to the scene and helped get the car
cass home. The bear weighed 225
pounds.