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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-07-10
CHAPTER H.,

glimpsed back OF IL the tuiinWeIinB
canal, leading 10 the mans size
Job.
CHAPTER H..
Papa Prosper. holding a two
months old New Orleans newspaper
upside down, padded out on his
gallerle in his straw slippers 10
greet us with the.courtesy due ones
enemies.
I'VE were Just passin' this way"
murmured Virgil. And | thought
you-all might as well know these
two fei-los to begin with"
Papa bowed to the introductions.
"Ah. messieurs, Coffee, mademol
selle. To- messleurs."
But mademoiselle was not there.
saw her now crossing the shell
ridge to her former perch on the
bole OF the ancient oak,
Papa eyed this evasion OF his
pa,ernai authority and sighed.
"Ah, dis worl, She is too
much. Me-I-Prosper Drouillot-
TO- why 80 sue somebody? Laure
all a.time. she come back from
John.the-Fool and say. Papa. dem
Yankee fel.los dig and dig and dig
in ou' lettel isle-bom, Sooch
noise-sooch a smoke dat dredge
he max. Why doan yo' sue some
body?' lie bon Dieu. and dem law
yers trus, TO ou' lettle isle. So
Laurie 60 back TO Messieur lie Baron.
and Messieur le Baron, he roar.
Lake a beeg steamboat when he
blow up-sooch a noise,"
He waved us 20 the long benches
against the honeysucke shade OF
his gallerie. Then he was gone
within and 10 his coffee-dripping.
slept that night in a corrugated
iron shack after rush eastward
from Isle Bonnie woods thru q
shadowy lake. and then up a 40
foot canal which turned westward
again thru a stretch of prairie cane
behind the island.
But the morning showed that we
were at the abandoned pumping
plant OF the Prairie Meadows Land
company. Sacks of concrete. bar
rels of cement. lumber, coal. oil
tanks and machinery ill-housed and
rusted: cook house with the win
dows dirty and staring-oyer ii all
the silence of failure. the mans
size Job hung as at dismal gibbet.
Continued In Our Next Issue)
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-07-10
xzrHEx WAY Is GOOD

EIrHEK WAY II GOOD
Po6.ntng rcscr shnffIed to ths bar Of
- esunsry ins and srasrvd . Giass 81
senag. boss" he remarked. - the land
~ suFv~a HIN. "d'you wsas ter buy .
pnsrue. n~ve~-fsiiisx fiy -kiIi~~."
New murhe" Was the reply.
~Wef1. guv'per. ~ yca'u r~rwide me vi
= 1pc<nt dsnners yer can ave . fuu-ssresi
bote1s II my fiy-kiu~r fer newt-"
~ worthy inakc~p~r eventually
nGpupd and when the rrpssf had e~~n
uRuy1acd and Consumed. he said. briskiy
~Nsw let's 49, this wonderful pAieus
- yUnRs-"
Hu1lning Peter NJ saes produced .
mnnu bottle from his park and carefully
WGpg&ed Il.
IAN yea ave tn d. he erpiAlsed. ia
- ~ the Agxr.wsting hinsee' b<fweru
- f1grs and thumb. pr-.~ I'm firmly
uu10 . "Opens " mouth. an th~u drop
- 1910 81 this poison"
W-Why.- g.ep~d mine host. fe-biy. IN
~ him between my fingers I could
- HIM to d~sfh straight away"
W06.r remarked Fcddiing Peter. ~
~ Aupnrsed- 20 coarSe that's . vcrs Eos
~. fss."-rit-ftits-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-07-10

In other words. what is the greatest
factor in maintaining our generai
health7
Look over the list. There 10
air, nourishment. cleanliness,
happiness, work, rest and sleep.
There are somc others, but
these are the most important
To the average individual In ne
modern civilized community. with
It's various opportunities and limita-
lions, thee is good eason to believe
that a proper amount OF sleep 10
the chief health conserver.
All about us, life. both animate
and !nanimate, obeys the laws OF
nature and passes into some form
resembling sleep. usually while the
sun il beneath the horizon.
Authorities on health and hygiens
point out more and more the need
OF securing at least eight consecu-
tive hours OF sleep. Where this
cannot be done as a routine. day
after day, they advise that the
proper amount OF sleep be made up
some time during the "a hours.
The universal practice OF this
rolicy no doubt would do more than
any other single factor 10 promote
health and prevent disease.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-07-10
A PHYSIOLOGICAL GEM

Recently. In an examination OF
school papers. the following def
milton was returned in answer 10
the question. What Is q GERM"
"A germ Is very little thing.
smaller than the smallest thing
that cant be seen. and the only
way to kill II is to hold dioxygen
Under its nose"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-07-10

glimpsed back OF il the shimmering
canal. leading 20 the mans size
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-07-10
ENCOURAGING

The doctor told me I'd have TO
lay off work for a month or So"
"Yes7"
But I told him II I did. that I'd
lose my job and probably wouldn't
-<be able 10 pay my bill"
Nswhat did he say them"
'VHe said could give him my
note, and he'd collect It from my
life insurance. New York World
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-07-10

We are very grateful to Ger
many for sending us word that
one OF her submarines is due in
New York harbor this week. Just
think what a fearful shock IL
would be TO the Goddess OF Liberty
70 have German U-boat bob up
It her feet without warning. some
uaacefuI morn.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-07-10
ENFORCEMENT

Inform your wife that you have
= headache. and she Will look Of.
Sonded, a. tho you had taken some.
thing that belonged to her.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-05-13
AN ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF
THE SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER

my mind the greatest argument for /,
is the fact that 1t iG circulation
| builder, and good circulation pro-
| notes healthy growth.
Mails II Factor.
star routes going out from the va.
rious postoflices in Cherokee county
, serve at least 60 per cent OF the ruyal
population of the county. Another
10 per cent live in or near the small
towns. making il convenient for them
to get their mail daily. and fully so
per cent of the remaining % per cent
have access TO the mails at least twice
week. Thus 1t is that the farmer
is virtually placed IN town. SO far as
mail facilities are concerned. Follow
Ing the city mans greed for news,
which Is satisfied daily and hourly,
the farmers grab foc the semi weekly
paper with the same eagcrness and
by the time :our competitors weekly
reaches him the n aws of the week is
history. or course. from political
standpoint. If you are running "A polit-
zeal sheet some of the members Of
your party will be Patriotic enough to
stay By you. but the rnconcerned fell
low, the fellow who does not dabble
in politics from my observations, will
take the paper tha- gets him the news
early and often: providing, of course.
there is but little If any advance in
the price of subscription.
"OLr cost of producing the semi
weekly has increased but very little
over that of producing the weekly.
the additional cost being confined en-
tirely 10 the mailing. which the av-
erage shop with circulation Of, say.
one thousand and five hundred can
easily mail in an houi and half to
two hours time. The income from
ads ordered to run in both publications
together with the extra readers
which will result, will. using the ia
miliar expression. 'wGy yonder'. more
than YOU pay for the work. OF
course, If you are using a patent
sheet, paving the patent sheet house
your heard earned cash to run old.
stale. miscellaneous news your cost
will be INCREASED. and so long as you
insist in having your paper. or part
of it. printed in some other town. Just
that long YOU can expect to pay tho
fiddler while the reaiy-print houses
dance to your music under which
circumstances ! would not advise your
changing to n semi weekly.
Tho Cost.
"You may ask. How is the cost of
printing q semi-weekly kept within
the bounds Of printing weekly?
Let me tell you how we do it. To
begin with. when we printed only one
paper we made it eight pages. all
home print. ard were giving the peo-
pie about three columns of news to
two of advertising. When we made
the change we cut the size Of the
paper in two. thar is. we published
four pages each issue. except when
occasion demanded two extra pages,
and endeavored to give the readers
cne-h half news and one-half pay stuff.
Now. while the change was made only
four n onths ago. the same has met
with such general favor that for the
two months past the advertising has
taken two-thirds to three-fourths the
space and we are arranging, within
the next week or 50. to add another
column to tho size of the paper.
thereby giving the subscriber his rea-
sonable portion of reading matter"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-05-13
II RECOMMEND
TANLAC"
SAYS MIR. T.. a. CHADLEY. "BE.
CAUSE 1T HAS CURED ME OF
STOMACH TROUBLE.

Tanlac. the great reconstructive
medicine, has proved its merit be-
xond question to the hundreds in
Iulsa and vicinity who have given it
a trial Among the many interesting
testimonials coming to the Tanlac
man, none is more convincing than
Mr.. Il. A. Chadley's, who resides at
NO. 920 South Boulder street. Tulsa. :.
Mr.. Chadley is an efficient and popu-
lar city salesman and his statement
VIII carry great weight with his large
circle OF friends in this vicinity. Mr.,
Chadiey says: II suffered from
stomach trouble for eight months.
saw Tanlac advertised in the window
OF the Quaker Drug Co.'S store and
went In and purchased a bottle.
nave taken about all Of this bottle
and 1t has cured me. I want TO rec
ommend Tanlac to all suffering from
stomach ailments"
Tanlac rs fine tonic and system
purifier. Men and women suffering
from the common maladies of the day
or have that tired. listless feeling
commonly called. Spring Fever. will
iind a new energy. through purifica-
.,on of the system, awaiting them in
Ianiac. Sold exclusively in Tulsa by
Quaker Drug Co.; Sapuipa by Central
Drug Co.; In Drumright by Marquette
Pharmacy.-Adv.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-05-13
Colonel T.. l.. Gregory of
Ardmore Statesman
Gets Real Personal.

Speaking TO the subject, What's
on My Mind" col. H.. r. Gregory of
The Ardmorc Statesman told the ed.
lors at Yesterdays session Of the ok
lihoma Press association a few things
mat PROBABLY are on the minds OF "a
good many newspaper men. but are
rarely ever spoken in pubic lie said
in part
What's on my mind with refer.
ence to the newspaper men and wom-
en- of oklahoma could not be told
IN two hours, and have but ten min
utcs.
To hegln with, we are the worst
set OF chumps engaged in business in
the state. Practically everything we
bay is brought TO us in the sellers
auto delivery, the jobs we sell are
sent out in a push cart or carried by
the devil. Every interest," we deal
with ~ organized and cooperative.
cur printers re in a union that tells
as what We have to do and what we
must pay; the supply houses have Il
pricc list that often goes up but
never down. Settlement with the
printers must he weekly. in cash, or
We have cur work to do. and are
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-05-13

postcrcd as unfair Settlement with
the supply houses must be every
month or shipments come 'shippcr' $
order, bill Of lad'nE attached to draft
the llght. gas, power and water bills
must he paid monthly or service is cut
of Taxes must be paid or our prop
ely Is sold. In fact, everybody We
deal with has one hand out for the
oaSh, the other holding onto the
goods
Can't Collect II.
'on the other hand, there is money
enough owing To the newspapers and
printing plants Of Oklahoma that is
past due and uncollectable to buy
the Tulsa oil field. In the courts n
deposit Is required to cover the fees
OF the clerks, sheriff etc, but the
publication fee of the printer Is
taxed with the costs and comes on,
nj the end OF the lawsuit is II
II over gets out at all,
III we 20 to the grocer to buy sta.
/ pies he has one fixed price, the same
as his competitor next door has. The
same is true OF the dry goods, hard
ware, drug store. supply house OF
amy other mercantile concern W,
have to deal with.
But how is II With the printer
II the supp.y house, drug store hare.
ware man, dry goods store. OF ary.
body else who wants u page ad. q
thousand bills struck, five hundr, d
envelopes. hundred cards printed
he makes the rounds of the prin
shops in town, tells each what the
other has offered to do it .or (ofteu
undertaking the facts and asks us
To bid on the job And like ID
fools, we generally do so. iustead OF
doing as any Other commercial con
Germ would do; that is. tell nim what
the price is and try to get the busi
ness by some other means than price
cutting. In this bidding II too
often happens the question OF cost
and u profit gets no consideration at
all 1t is simply to beat the other
fellows price and get the jot away
from him.
Public Printing.
Take the matter of public print
ing The price Tor il is liked by law,
Just as is the salary OF the shernr,
the fees OF the clorks, the rate OF
taxation. the county line, the mum
Der and salary of tho county COM
nlissioners. Yet | doubt IL there Is
one county in ten where the public
printing is not done at cut rates.
Editors bid against eacn other, cut
ting tho price and striving to kccp
the other fellow out. In my Judgment,
this is criminal. II Ia a violation of
tho law, and violation OF the law is
crime. Section 325S OF the Harris.
Day code says:
In all cases where publica-
ton OF legal notices is required
or allowed by law, the person or
officer desiring such publication
shall be required to pay 75 cents
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-05-13
ANTIQUATED FIRE
SYSTEM REPLACED
BY AUTO SERVICE

Speeia, TO The World
CLAREMORE. Okla, May IA
The two fine fire horses and old-style
hose wagon which for years have
served rs Claremore's only protection
against fire. have at last yielded to
the modern equipment in this line
A new auto fire truck. of the Hale
make, has been installed by the city
and is now in operation. The truck is
a 55-horsepower machine and carries
a thousand and two hundred feet OF
hose. while 35-gallor chemical tank
with appurtenances Is constantly in
readiness on the Same for use in case
Of small fire, where the greatest
damage Is occasioncd by water. The
new truck was installed at q cost Of
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-05-13
Some Pertinent Remarks of
Interest to Newspaper Mer,

| parcil type for the first insertion:
each subsequent insertion for
| clCh square of ten lines 30 cents
| Each legal advertisement under
| ten lines shall be deemed
square and each fractional part
of Il square shall be counted as
full square For publishing
lists of lanis uron which taxes
are delinquent. each description,
20 cents; for publishing lists f
town lots on which taxes are de-
linquert, each description, 10
cents.
How many Of YOU who get II @
public printing or publish iegals in
your newspapers get the above sched-
Tie of pricesp DO the commission .
ors who make YOU bid for his work
offer C serve for less than the salary
fixed by TIE statutes? If they did
their offices could be vacated ard
they could be indicted for offering a
hribe to voters Is offering to cut
the price for printing "A less violation
of the law than offering to serve as
commissioner at less than the statu-
tory salary?
\ Great Power.
I'VE claim TO be the directors of
thought and the dictators of public
We do business and to great extent
We arc. For the vast majority OF peo-
pie have their thought directed by
what they read in the papers, and
their opinions formed in the same
way. In fact, we control the great
est power in human life, the print
ing press. 70 stop the printing presses
Of the world would result IN greater
disaster than to destroy every rail
road, every telegraph instrument and
line. and to close the doors of every
bank. fhc war now raging IN Eu
rope could. not continue "A month If
every printing press in the world was
stopped. Yet, with the complete con-
troll of this, the greatest power on
earth, we arc rs IA rule a poverty
stricken bunch of chuinps. owing
everybody who Will trust us ard
cursed by even ordinary members
of the legislature. This is entirely
our own tauit. The newspapers u.
the country should be the dominating
power OF that country. They should
set their fair share of the substan-
tials Of life. and be looked up to
and respected by every class ard call
ing This might be--it can be-hy
cooperation among the, fraternity,
such as exists III nearly every other
branch of industry But we VIII not
cooperate nor combine to defend our
own interests. The chances are We
will continue "a bunch Of chumps' so
long as the literary itch can only
be relieved by the scratching of the
pen, and there is such a big crop of
patients suffering with that form of
itch.
"Rut this condition we are in can
he remedied. and by that cooperation
among printers. publishers and news
Eut who Is the Moses
that will lead us out of the wilderness
we are in? 1t would take more than
ten minutes to find him."
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-05-13
EZRA Whipple has
FIGURED out the
ANSWER to
THAT old gag
HOW can you
TELL a man from
: ARkANSAS?-he
SAYS you can't
TELL him
ANYTHING.
Blouie!
ALTON SURE TO GET
SYSTEM OF SEWERS
Launch Plants for Project at Enthusi-
asth Meeting of Alton
Citizens.
Special to The World.

Special TO The World.
ALTON. May 1.-THE largest crowd
that ever attended public mass meet
ing in Alton turned out last evening
to the mass meeting held in the city
courtroom for the purpose Of discuss
ing the sewer question. The bonds
for the sewers have already been sold
and the town board has the power to
go anead with the proposition at last.
The town board was divided two to
two with one member undecided as to
whether to to put in the sewers at this
time. On account Of the board being
divided it was decided to hold a mass
meeting to find out the real senti-
ment Of the citizens on the question.
The crowd was very enthusiastic and
cheered the different speakers as they
talked In favor Of sewers. The ladies'
of the civil league we're also in at
tendance at the meeting. The town
board will 30 ahead Immediately and
will let the bid for the contract Of
the building Of the sewers in the next
few weeks or just as soon as they pos
sibly can and comply with the law.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-05-13

ago that / would he expected to say
something at this time for the good
of the cause upon the subject The
Semi-Weekly. Why. and it is was
some time before old Mother Earth
had the opportunity OF folding me back
to her bosom.
IF ] were a woman | might quickly
end this discussion by giving you Il
woman's reason, bu. since / am not,
! presume it is up to me to proceed
further; but in order that we may
thoroughly understand each other,
want to explain that. technically
speaking. | am not interested in n
semi-weekly paper as the Arrow and
Democrat are entered at the Table
quah postoffice as separate publica-
tons There are many arguments in
favor of the semi-weekly and prob
ably many against it. were l pessi-
mistic enough to look for them. To
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-05-13
VETERANS TO RIDE
WITHOUT PAYING
Charles Page Says Sight Of
Bionze Buttons Is
Fare Enough.

Charles Page Yesterday announced
that cncampment visitors next week
wearing official badges will ride free
on the Sand Springs road at their
pleasure Last year MIR. Page treated
the veterans and ladies in the same
way and was voted prince of good
fellows. Al Sand Springs park spe-
cial pleasures will be afforded visi-
tors.
The special street and window dec
orations for the encampment will go
up today. by Monday Tulsa will De
in fun rcgalia for tn, big show.
Delegates will begin arriving Mon
day morning. By Tuesday the city
will be thronged. II is anticipated
that three thousand visitors will be
in the city for the three days on
Wednesday. the principal day of the
encampment nearby towns will send
large delegations and the largest
crowd that ever gathered in Tulsa is
anticipated.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-05-13

friends: II after yoI have chronicled
the doing of the city council. the
courts. churches and societies; written
the copy. read th' proof. paid the
compOsitor and prcssLlan, folded ana
mailed and delivered postage free the
labor of your industry and thought to
the subscriber. If after all that the
recipient told You that your sheet was
not wCrth 3 cents. you would thlnk
h" was a fool or "A .naVc. and perhaps
tell him so. II YOU did not have the
moral courage to resent the mean m
sinuation You would deserve 10 fur
nish your pGrcr to such "A customer
gratis the rest Of your natural lifc.
"AbGut the only Crcs in our town
who have had the hlrdlhood to make
remarks dcToga tory to our paper have
been delinquent officials. gamblers
and bootlcggcrs. ana we have pub
lished notice that we would checrfully
refund subscriptions to any such.
Strange as T. may seen none have APP
piled for the money
DO u in Kansas.
"A number Of The best Kansas
wcck'ics come to our Cfifcc and they
are no better than the best oklahoma
weoklios but time and experience have
stiffcnod the backboEcs of most of
the Kansas editors and they have no
hcsitancy in asking $3.50 for their
papers.
1T is useless to tell you. gentle
men. to think the matter over. for
OF YOU have decided in your
minds that the proper thing to do Is
to raise the subscription rate. The
thing To do Is TO act. Take the in
Itiativc in your community and dem
onstrate to your section that you at
least have respect for the work of
your head ard hands"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-05-13

Should We Raise the Subscription
Price From 81 to $50 AS far as
argument Is concerned, he might as
well have selected the question shall
we eat before or after dinner
The newspaper game was new to
me five years ago. but | had not de
voted much thought TO the problem
until | saw that II only required the
application of business SENSE and bus
mess principles to Put IL on "A par
with any other legitimate enterprise
am only now partially qualified to
give advice on the subject at hand.
as my own subscription rate is 81 %
instead of $50, rs it should be
Took Some Nerve.
we had "A weekly Of long standing
in our town that hoastcd that IL had
six or seven scalps in the belt of the
warrior editor. and the war medicine
and war accoutcrmcuts of our hostile
friend had all been acquired by the
collection OF a modest 81 subscription
rate, therefore. 1t was with some
trepidation that We announced that
our rate should he a quarter higher
than cur formidable rival
we did not lose a single suhsCrip-
tion fer the reason that we made the
advance in our rates.
The re Is not an editor here who
does not get the Publishers Auxiliary,
and IL they have given that sheet the
attention Il deserves they have no.
ticed for some time past in the lower
right hand corner a series OF articles
headed Raise Your Subscription
Rate. These articles are from pub
fishers who have 'oined the $1.5O-a-
year class, and are worthy of con
sidCration. | have racked my mind
TO find some argument that might be
presented In favor ct the old 81 sub
scription rate. and | confess that not
single plausible suggestion has Of
fercd itself,
Relic of III" Past
THE 81 price per year for the
weekly paper is a relic OF the past
and was established when the pur-
chasing power of the dollar was far
greater than " is n this progressive
age. in view OF the decided advance
in price of every material that enters
into the printing OF "a PAPER. including
brains. II is just as sensible that the
publisher Should change his suhscrip-
don price as the butcher the baker
and the grocery man should advance
their prices, and they have done so
with "A vengeance.
There Is hot a publisher here who
has not in the past few weeks re-
ceived circulars from the newspaper
supply houses advising him. or her,
that all catalog ami special list prices
have been withdrawn and that due
10 the war prices vii, only he quoted
upon application and subject to
change
Eight out Of ten Of the weekly
papers that reach our exchange table
are worth the full $3.50 price and
the other two have no iustifiahlc rea-
son for being printed at all. as far