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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-19
MOTHER! f CH|LO'S
TONGUE IS COATED
II cross, feverish, constipated, bilious,
stomach sour, give california
Syrup of Figs"

A laxative today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Children simply will not
take the time from play to empty
their bowels, which become clogged
up with waste, liver gets sluggish,
stomach sour.
Look at the tongue, mother, If
coated, or your child is listless, cross,
feverish, breath bad, restless, doesn't
eat heartily, full of coli or has
sore throat or any othei ch i1rens
ailment, give a teaspoonfri Of Cali
fornia Syrup Of Figs" then don't
worry, because it is perfectly harm
less, and in feNhours all the con-
stipation poison, sour bile and
fermenting waste will gently move
out OF the bowels, and you have a
well, playful child again. A thor,
ough INSIDE cleansing" is oftimes
all that is necessary. 1t should be
the first treatment given in any
sickness.
Beware of counterfeit fig syrups.
Ask your druggist for 5O-cent bottle
of California Syrup OF Figs" which
has full directions for babies, chill
dren of all ages and for grown-ups
plainly printed on the bottle. Look
carefully and see that it is made
by the california Fig Syrup COM
pany.'
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-19
BANKER KILLED IN GEORGIA.
A. D. oliver Is Shot Down in Front
of Bank Door.

Leesburg, Ga, Feb. 1S.-A. D. Oil
yer, president of the Farmers Bank &
Loan company here, was shot and
killed tonight in front of his bank
Three men were said to have been
seen running from the scene imme-
diately after the reports of three
shots had, been heard. No arrests
had been made up to a late hour.
The motive for the killing is not
known.
Oliver was released from the Mis-
sissippi state penitentiary several
months ago after having served four
years on a charge OF bigamy. Evi-
dence was presented which con-
vinced state officials that he was not
the man against whom the warrant
had been issued.
Oliver was 45 years old and un-
married.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-19
PRIMARY ELECTION PROCLAMATION

w r. Roberts the city of Ardmoe do hereby call
The OF holding such primary election is to nominate candidates
provided candidates
parties participate election
of
by
one ON ArdmOe
inc membe o
the
four
school
Ardmore
o shall be March
which
is such election shall
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-19

Bordeaux, Feb. 1S.-Sarah Perm
hardt, who is in a hospital here
awaiting the amputation of her leg,
necessitated by a crippled knee, man
ifests her spirits and cheerfulness.
The cheerful attitude has won the
admiration of all her friends. In an
swer to one of hundreds of inquiries
regarding her condition she tele-
graphed that her leg would be am
putated next Monday and after that
she would be quite happy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-19
STOMACH UPSET?
Get At the Real Cause-Take
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets

That's what thousands OF stomach suf'
ferers are doing now. Instead of taking
toncs, or trying TO patch up poor diges.
tion. they are attacking the real cause Of
the a i'-uer. --clogged liver and disordered
bowels.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets arouse the
liver in Q soothing, healing way. When the
Hyer and bowels are performing their
natural functions, away goes indigestion
and stomach troubles.
n YOU have a bad taste in your mouth.
ioucue coated, appetite poor, lazy, don't.
care feeling, no ambition or energy, troubled
with undigcsted food, you should take olive
Tablets the substitute for calomel.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are purely
vegetable compound mixed with olive oil.
You will know them by their olive color.
They do the work without gripping. cramps
or pain
Take one or two at bedtime for quick
relief, so You can eat what you like. AT lOc
and 25c per box. All druggists.
The Olive Tablet Company. Columbus. 0!
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-19

Dennis and Daniel Sullivan, Irish
twin brothers, worked for two years
as bell-boy and dOOrman, respective
ly, at the Hotel St Regis, Fifth Ave,
New York, and saved enough from
their wages and tips to buy couple
of taXicabs and go into business for
themselves.
We have several other brothers, y
said Denny, "home in Ireland, and as
soon as we can make the money, We'll
have the whole lot of them working
with us in partnership. Surd, an
there's one family of Irish brothers who
started restaurants over here the way
we intend to start in the automobile
business, and if they made money, we
can"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-19
THRIFT 7 TALK
SOME PEOPLE
GET AHEAD
LIVE RESPECTFULLY AND SAVE A
LITTLE" is AN EXCELLENT
RULE-lF YOU CAN SAVE MUCH,
IT'S BETTER.
Capital is made only by the
process of earning and saving"
Albert w. Atwood

Some of our readers have asked us
to publish more stories of the actual
success of thrifty persons. Following
are three new ones that have come to
our knowledge:
a St Louis police sergeant, during
35 years on the force with a salary
never more than $115 month, saved
100000, and invested in real estate,
which yielded him an income of $153
a month, enough to retire on and
grow old gracefully.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-19
WANTS DAILY
DEPO5|TSQ Of
STATE MONEY
AUTHOR OF BILL WOULD SAFE
GUARD ALL FUNDS BY AOE-
OuATE BONDS AND THOROUGH
ACCOUNTING SYSTEM.

Oklahoma City, Okla, Feb. ID
With the idea of saving to the state
a great deal of money that is not now
credited to the state, if, indeed, it is
not altogether lost, bill has been
introduced in the senate by Senator'S
Pugh. Thomas and Logan, which has
for its object the collection OF interest
on daily balances Of every cent OF
money that any state official may have
in his possession any day. The Dill
dpsignatcs the state treasurer as the
official depository OF all state FUNDS
and requires every state officer TO
make daily deposits with the state
treasurer and the treasurer to make
daily deposits in the banks which are
under contract to pay interest on daily
balances of the state. BY this method
it is estimated the state viii save
500, 900 a year in interest that 1t is
not now getting, owing to the practice
of state officials depositing in the
state treasury only once each month.
The bill is in the line with the
platform declarations of the Demo
cratic party in the last campaign
which urged that all public funds be
deposited in the state treasury instead
of permitting some of them to be
administered in other channels.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-19
Keep Warrants at Par.

Should this bill become law it will
enable the commissioners of the land
office to authorize the state treasur-
er to keep the sinking fund of the
public building fund invested in state
warrants that may be registered and
paid for want of funds, thereby earn
ing to the account of this sinking fund
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-19
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the difference between 3 per cent paid
by the banks and q per cent, the in
terest drawn on warrants. This will
also, help keep the value of the war
rants at par.
This sinking fund, now under the
charge of the school land commission,
amounts to $500 900 or $500, 600 and is
used to retire the bonds as they fall
due, and necessarily can not be loaned
on lands, but by purchasing war
rants, should such be the case in this
state should there be no funds to pay
the warrants. This is similar to the
plan now in use by the county COM
missioners when they direct the
county treasurers to invest the sink
ing fund of the county and school
districts in county warrants.
1t is claimed for the bill that, if en-
acted into a law, it will insure strict
account for all state funds accruing
from rentals, penalties, costs, pro-
ceeds of sale, fees, fines, forfeitures
and public charges of every kind that
may be received by any state officer
board. or commission, and establishes
safeguards about such funds. 1t is
asserted that the law will aid in keep
ing state warrants at par by requiring
all funds belonging to the state to be
covered into the treasury monthly,
thereby saving the per cent inter
est that warrants draw pending re-
ceipt of moneys by the treasurer for
their redemption.
Protects All State Moneys
The bill provides for protection OF
all state moneys by adequate bond
securities; precludes expenditure of
state moneys by any state officer,
board or commission without appro-
priation by the legislature; protects
public officers against unfaithful en-
plOyeS by preventing any offclally
drawn voucher, check or draft being
cashed at any bank by any person
other than the state treasurer 1t es-
tablshes in the office of the state audi
tor complete system of checking on
every officer and department of the
state who collects money, and insures
strict accounting to the state of the
proceeds of the sale of all state prop
erty.
The bill also prevents depositing in
any bank of state funds in excess of
the capital and surplus of such bank.
Under the present law it sometimes
happens that two or more officers de-
post funds in the same bank, thus
pyramiding deposits of state funds in
an amount in excess of the capital
and surplus of the bank. One instance
is cited of a state officer who at one
time had 100000 on deposit in a bank
with a capital of 10000
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-19

CALL FOR VOTES WHEN TRAD
ING AT CONTEST STORES. THE
MERCHANTS WANT YOU TO.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-12
FORdER AT WORK
Touches Rocky Ford Merchants
Last Saturday Evening

Once again our confiding business
men have been visited by that bane of
all honest people-a check forger--and
once more the worker of worthless
paper has made a successful getaway
and with Sc hours the start of the
nemesis of law there is slight probable
ity of his capture.
As in almost every instance on rec
ord the latest check worker was a
young man, of whom the first notice
taken was at the Central market last
Saturday evening. After making a
purchase check for $26 upon the
First State Bank of Swink and appar-
emily drawn by E. L. Estep, the we'll
known farmer, was presented and the
difference amounting to over $50
was paid in cash to the young fellow
who gave the name of w. l.. Simpson.
At the Golden Rule store the same
sort of transaction was carried out
with like result, the young stranger
receiving close to $50 from Mr.. Herr.
The next place visited appears to
have been the dry goods store of j. b.
Byars, where the check worker re-
ceived his first check. Upon using the
same tactics as were so successful in
the other cases MIR. Byars informed
the young man that he would like to
get Mr.. Estep's Endorsement by teie-
phone, which brot the reply that this
would be too much trouble and he'd
Just step out and get the check cashed
and return later for his purchases
But he failed to return and evidently
decided that he'd better make his get
away while the getting was good, for
this is the last trace of the young fel-
low that has been found in town.
BY return mail on Monday the checks
came back from Swink bearing the in
formation that they were forgeries.
Officers were given good description
of the young fellow, but he has not yet
been apprehended.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-12

real scarcity. Since the great bulk
of the imported hides comes from
countries that arc not at war. ship
ments are not intcrfercd with in any
way, and the only new factor to be
considered is the possibility of an
increased demand by the warning
countries.
1t is believed, however. that the
United States is now in better con-
dition TO face such situation than
for years past. The tide, it seems,
has turned. Instead of live stock
steadily decreasing year after year,
this year for the first time, as has
been said, all classes show an ap-
preciable increase. Including horses,
mules, milch cows, beef cattle, sheep
and swine, there were on January l..
1915, 7,7l2.000 more farm animals in
the United States than on January
|, 1914. The increase in the total
value was S78,024.Oe0, or l.3 per cent.
II is quite true that this increase is
not yet proportional to the increase
in population, which is approximate
ly , per cent; but the fact that there
is an increase, that the tide seems
definitely to have turned is regarded
as 4 sufficient answer to alarming
cxaggerations and misleading figures.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-12
LIBRARY NOTES.
+ + + r (. + 4. + = + 4. =

We wish to thank Mr.. Lawson for three
most exquisite volumes on Luther Bur-
bank-His Methods and Discoveries. The
colored plates are beautiful. and whether
you are interested in botany or not. you
cannot fail to be interested in these.
There are other most instructive books
on plants life. Ask the Librarian to show
them to you. She will be glad to do so.
Also we think Mr.. Paddock for the
book Feeds and Feeding" by W. A
Henry. 1t is recognized by all who know
as the standard book on this subject.
Farmers especially will be interested.
Mr.. Paddock gave US alsoa large govern
ment map of 1904.
Again we thank Earl Osborn for the
book Down the Susquehanna" by Gray
don. 1t is boys book.
The Library shows that Rocky Ford is
a reading town. Last month over a
thousand volumes were loaned. But why
not double that? Are you talking ad-
vantage of what is at your very doors?
If not come in and get card and see il
there is not something along the line oil
your interest. II there is not, and it would
seem that there would be a demand for
it, we would be glad to get it.
As reminder-Book Days, Mondays
Thursdays and Saturdays. Tuesdays
Wednesdays and Fridays the Librarian
will be glad to help in reference work
The Library is open for reading on Sab
bath.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-12
MAKE PLANS
M FOR RACES
At Annual Meeting of Santa
Fe Racing Circuit
DATES ARRANGED FOR
ARKANSAS VALLEY FAIRS
Lewis Swink Elected President and
Delegates Wax Enthusiastic
Over Bright Outlook

Under the direction of President
w. ]. Brown of Rocky Ford, the
Santa Fe circuit. composed OF the
following cities, Lamar. Las Animas,
Rocky Ford. Sugar Cny, Pueblo,
Trinidad. Ration and Albuquerque,
met on Friday last in this city. The
meeting was well attended, and in
fact the largest meeting ever held, all
OF the cities in the circuit being rep
resented with the exception OF Albu-
querque.
The delegates in attendance were
Will. r. Murphy, secretary Bent
county fair, Las Animas; Lewis
Swink. president Arkansas Valley
fair, Rocky Ford; R. A. Hamilton,
secretary Crowley county fair, Sugar
fair, Pueblo; Charles Bailey, secrc-
tary Trinidad-Las Animas county
fair, Trinidad; c. o. Fisher, secre-
tary Northern New Mexico fair,
Ration, N. NJ.
The work of the circuit for the
past year was reviewed and all mem
bers present seemed to be well pleas
ed with the result. The work for
1915 was talked over and future
plans decided upon which will un-
doubtedly result in more horses en-
tering through the circuit than ever
before.
Resolutions were passed indorsing
senate bills numbers ten and eleven
by Senator Barela and urging the
senators and representatives from the
counties represented by the circuit to
do all in their power to assist IN the
final passage of these bills.
Dates for the fall fairs in the cir
c,,it were assigned as follows:
Lamar, week of August 10.
Las Animas, week of Aug. %.
Rocky Ford, week of August 80
Sugar City, week of September g.
Pueblo, week of September l3
Trinidad, week of September 20.
Ration, week of September ~.
Albuquerque, week of October a.
The class for the speed program OF
the circuit was adopted as follows:
Trotting-2:l7, 2:2+. Free for all
and green class. =,
Pacing-2:l5, 2:2+. Free for all
and green class.
The officers selected to manage the
affairs of the circuit for the coming
year were:
Presidcnt-Lewis Swink, Rocky
Ford.
Vice President-C. o. Fisher, Ra-
ton. -,
Secretary. l.. Beaman, Pueblo.
Treasurcr-Will r. Murphy, Las
Animas.
Presiding Judged. L. Silver, La
mar.
The visiting delegates lett tor their
resncctive homes all with good
word for the royal way they were re-
ceiyed and entertained by the Ar,
kansas Valley Fair association, and
with renewed vigor for the future
success Of the Santa Fe Racing CIR
cllit
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-12
FIRE IN SUBURBS
Sugg Residence Badly Burned on
Sunday Afternoon

A disastrous fire visited the A. C..
Sugg home in the Chritton addition on
Sunday afternoon, due it is supposed to
a defective flue.
The fire started in the attic of the
building and when discovered it was
eating thru the roof, so that the fire
epartment-which did not reach the
scene as promptly as usual because of
a mistake in the call that sent them to
the Veatch addition-did not get con-
troll of the blaze until the building was
badly burned.
Capable work upon the part of neigh
bors rescued most of the furniture and
household goods and the loss to Mr. E.
Sugg was not SO great as it might have
been. but it will none the less be quite
heavy.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-12
ITO INCULCATE PATRIOTISM
Grand Army Veterans Will Visit
the Rocky Ford Schools
Next Friday

with their ehonored custom the veterans of
Wadsworth r. will visit the several schools of the city
school of the old veterans
stirring times 62 add to the
tell tales about the father of our country
that will nsl deeper spirit OF patriotism in the youthful hearts
than before.
Following is the program OF the day:
Post will Judge Chrtons office at $50 and the
following detail will visit the different schools:
Washington School-Comrades Minor Leecng Briggs Clark
Guthrie and Ncholes
Liberty SchooComades Kitchen Chtton Cohren Lawrence
Robins Sherman.
Goblin Block Todd Ford Phenicie and Thomas
ScooComades Green, Winchester Youngman and
Watson
Lafayett Schoo-Comrades West and Burris
Eureka Schoo-Comrades Hall and Wasson
At the Post Relief Corps and Ladies OF e. A. H. will
office and march in b2dy to the high school,
where Comrades Robins Minor will give short talks
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-12
FIRE AND WATER
Were the Questions of Moment at
Last Council Meeting

At the council meeting last Friday
evening bids were opened for the bor-
ing of now artesian well at the Gard
en- Place pumping station, and on mo-
ton the contract was awarded to }. }.
Hessick of Florence, whose bid of Sl.75
per foot was the lowest received.
Other bidders for the job mere c. ii.
Mcvay of La Junta and A. M. Dillon
of Lamar.
Representative Bogue of the sea-
graves Motor Fire Apparatus Co., ad-
dressed the council upon the merits oil
motor fire truck that he would like to
sell the city, but the proposition was
,aft over for future consideration.
AS it once more approaches the time
when laterals and bitches should be put
in shape for the irrigation season, the
city clerk was instructed to advertise
for bids for the position Of city irriga-
tor, and bids will be opened on Feb ~
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-12

Rev. Charles F. Barrett of Ohio, who
is now conducting campaign in Mar
shalltown, Iowa, has been engaged as
the evangelist. He will both preach
and lead the chorus, and will be assisted
by his daughter, Miss Mary P. Barrett,
who does the solo work. Mr.. Barrett
has been engaged in evangelistic work
for about twenty years and those who
have heard him say that he is a strong
preacher.
Preparatory work has already been
begun by the churches interested. On
Sunday both congregations will worship
together in the Methodist church, as
well as next Wednesday evening in the
prayer meeting service.
The Christian people of Rocky Ford
and vicinity are most earnestly invited
to attend and enjoy all benefits of this
work.
The following have been selected to
have charge of the campaign: Presi-
dent, DIR. J. l.. Weaver; Vice President,
DIR. S. B. Warner; Secretary, Prof. J.
A. Marshall; Treasurer, J. w. Leecing.
Chairmen of committees: E. r. Boggs,
finance; j. w. Bowman, publicity; A.
Latson, ushers; Mrs. Roxie Swink, cot
tagc prayer meetings; p. J. Reifel,
secretarial
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-12
BRINGS HOME BRIDE
Prominent Holbrook Farmer and
Well Known Young Lady Are Wed


Fearing that the charms of some
comely Norman might usurp his place
in the affections of his bride-to-be if
her stay in the Utah Capital were
further prolonged John w. Bennett
about ten days ago pulled out for Salt
Lake City, and his Establishments were
so effective that on Wednesday, Feb.
8, he had the supreme pleasure of lead
ing Miss Lille B. Tucker to the hym-
enial altar.
Reaching this city on Saturday last
the joyful news was soon spread and
the happy benedict was heartily con-
graduated upon the success that at
tended his invasion of the land of plur-
al wives.
The happy groom is well-known as
one of the enterprising and successful
farmers of the Holbrook country, where
he has resided for seventeen years.
His charming bride also proudly claims
the Arkansas Valley as her home for
almost as many years as her husband,
and her late absence only serves to make
warmer the welcome that attends her
return.
To their cozy home in Holbrook The
Enterprise takes great pleasure in
bearing the hearty congratulation of a
host of friends to Mr.. and Mrs. j. W.
Bennett.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-12
FORT LYON MEETING
Does Not Develop the Expected Scrap
Between East and West Ends

The meeting of the stockholders OF
the Fort Lyon Canal company, ADJOURN
ed from the first Monday in December,
was held on Monday of last week at
the court house in Las Animas. The
attendance was considerably better
than at the regular session, over $4,000
shares being represented, either by
proxy or in person.
The expected scrap between the
various factions did not materialize, as
far as the open meeting was concerned,
and the new board was without any
trouble, according to the Las Animas
Leader.
On motion the stockholders deter
mined to hold big celebration on the
banks of Adobe reservoir on the Fourth
of July next, in honor of the completion
of the reservoir system of the company.
This was made at the suggestion OF
County Judge L. M. Campbell, who has
long been an enthusiast on the subject.
A motion was made and carried where
by the ditch riders of the company will
hereafter make very complete stati-
stical record of the crops and acreage
of each and the yields, and other in
formation concerning the land under
the canal.
A resolution was also adopted direct.
ing the engineer of the company to in
vestigate the possibilities of water
power plant at the Horse Creek flume,
and to report at the next annual meet
ing of the stockholders. ;.
The new board of directors took
charge of the property of the company
on Wednesday, and organized by the
selection of the following ofhcers 1or
the ensuing year: W..
d. B. Novels, president; J. G. Wash
burn, vice-president; Donald Mcintosh
treasurer; Frank Kreybill, secretary
C. W. Burke, superintendent; b. r.
Powell, engineer.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-12
ATTENTION
Hoosiers Reunion, February
10th, 1915, at X. p. Hall

All Indianians are urged to at
tend a reunion of Hoosiers to be
held on the above date. A good
musical and literary program has
been arranged. Come early, ten
thirty preferred. Bring that
bushel basket filled to the brim
with anything fittin for Hoosier
to eat. Here is the program:
Prayer Rev. Roy Miller
Address of Welcome -----
President Sherwood
Music Orchestra
Dinner
MUSIC ------ ------
Address ss.--.S. S. S. Phillips
Piano Duett-
Mrs. Stout, Miss Larmore
Reading-From Elmore- e-------
------M Mr.. Westfall
"The Hoosier Schoolmaster"
DIR. Stout
Song Mrs. Van Buskirk
Personal "reminiscences, 3
minute talks led by Roy Miller
Reading-From Riley May Ellis
Quartette
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-12

Continued on Last Page
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-12
REVIVAL MEETINGS
Methodist Churches Will Begin
on Sunday, Feb. Fl

IN view OF
the fact that
the reviv !
meetings to
be conducted
by the Pres
byterian and
M e t h o di $ t
churcher are
to begin one
W e Elk from
next Sunday
the following
may be of in
terpSt-