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STRAIN ON THE IMAGINATION
Company Was Willing to Believe
Lot, but tongbow's Stay Was
Too Much for Them.

Mr.. Stretcher-Yes, it's cold. but
nothing like what 1t was at Christmas
three years ago. when the steam from
the engines froze hard and fell on the
line in sheets.
Mr.. Cuffer-And yet that wasa't so
cold as in ST. when II froze the cleo.
tricity in the telephone wires. and
when the thaw came all the machines
were talking as hard as they could
for upwards of FIVE hours
We'll, gentlemen" said Mr.. Long
bow. the coolest year that ! can re
member was in the Christmas week
in "a. when the very policemen had to
run to keep themselves warm
But that was too much. and with
silent looks of indignation the other
two left to his own reflections the
man who treated the truth SO slightly.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-03-10
CAUSE FOR REAL. REGRET
Mistreated Father Thought He Saw
How tho Situation Might Have
Been Different.

They were travelling peacefully
home in their numbering market cart.
when from the shadowy hedge there
leapt two unkempt forms No time
was wasted in useless talking. In a
businesslike manner they rihed the
pockets of Farmer Jones and his
daughter. turned them out OF the cart,
and drove off in 1t themselves.
Dear. oh. dear!" walled the poor
old man. here's a nice today! Horse
and cart and money all gone!"
Not the money. father" broke in
the daughter. 81 had the purse in my
mouth"
In your mouth, lass?" replied the
old man, feebly. Good for you! But
what a pity your mother wasn't there,
then we might have saved the horse
and carti"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-03-10
THREE SHOT OVER SUIT
MOTHER FATALLY INJURED AS
SHE RAN TOWARD HOUSE.
Testimony Given in Court Blamed for
Affray Near Boone, Twenty Miles
East of Pueblo.
Yeatern Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Pueblo.-W. c. Sparks was instant
" killed and John Akens and the lat
ter's mother were shot and seriously
injured in an affray near Boone,
twenty miles east of Pueblo. The af-
fair is said to have been due to tes'
timony given regarding land claim.
1t is said Sparks went to the Akens
ranch and, with revolver in hand.
stated that he was "going to settle
the question:" and Immediately
opened fire on John Akens. The first
shot hit Akens. The mother ran to-
ward the house, but bullet from
Sparks revolver struck her in the
shoulder and she fell, it is said.
Chester Akens, a brother of John,
was in the house and, seeing the af'
fray, is said to have seized rifle and
shot Sparks, killing him instantly.
Chester Akens is in the custody OF
the sheriff of Pueblo county. John
Akens and his mother are in Pu.
eblo hospital. Little hope is enter
tanned for their recovery.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-03-10
Thatcher Elected Banks President.

Pueblo.-Mahlon ID. Thatcher, Jr.
son of the late NJ. d. Thatcher of this
clay, was elected president of the
First National Bank of this city, po
sition made vacant by the death oi
the elder Thatcher Feb. %. Raymond
C. C. Thatcher, son Of the late John
A. Thatcher, son of the late John A
Thatcher, was elected first vice presi
dent. Mahlon r. Everhart, a nephew
o. the late president, was chosen di
rector. Young NJ. ID. Thatcher also
was elected a director and treasurer
of the Great Western Sugar Com
pany.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-03-10
Make Second Big Tungsten Strike.

Silverton.-A second big tungsten
strike was made six miles from the
city In the Little Gladys mine in Min
nesota gulch. The property is owned
by Louis Wyman, state superintend'
ent of highway construction. The
vein in which hubnerite was encoun'
tered Is thirty feet wide. and streaked
and spotted with tungsten all through
It. One streak ten inches wide ap'
pears in the breast of the tunnel, and
averages 80 to co per cent tungsten.
The discovery is causing considerable
excitement. and rush to the district
is taking place.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-03-10
Rescuers Find Missing Pos,mast

DuraLgo.-F. o. Sherwood, post
master of Animas Forks, Colo. who
became lost in a blizzard when he at
tempted to bring mail pouch from
Silverton to Animas Forks, overland
on snowshoes, was found in a dazed
condition by the second rescue party
sent out to find him. Sherwood, after
losing his sense of direction, wan
dered. without his snowshoes or mail
pouch, into a tunnel, where he found
firewood and started fire which
kept him from freezing to death.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-03-10
THE FIRST TASTE
Learned to Drink Coffee When . Boy

II parents realized the fact that cof-
fee contains a drug-caffeine- which
is especially harmful to children. they
would doubtless hesitate before giving
them coffee to drink.
When was a child in my mothers
arms and first began to nibble things
at the table. mother used to give me
sips OF coffee. And SO l contracted
the coffee habit early.
II continued to use coffee until I was
27, and when l got into office work I
began to have nervous spells. Espe-
cially after breakfast was SO nerv-
GUS could scarcely attend to my cor
respondence.
"At night. after having had coffee
for supper. l could hardly sleep, and
on rising in the morning would feel
weak and nervous.
"A friend persuaded me to try Pos
tum.
Il can now get good sleep. am free
from nervousness and headachea-
recommend Postum to all coffee drink
ers."
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek, Mich.
Postum comes in two forms:
Postum Cereal-the original form
must be well boiled. 15c and ESQ pack
ages.
Instant Postum-a soluble powder
dissolves quickly in cup of hot wa
ter, and, with cream and sugar. makes
a delicious beverage Instantly. 300 and
SOC tins.
Both forms are equally delicious and
cost about the same per cup.
There's Reason" for Postum.
sold by GroceFa
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-03-10
'CASCARETS' ACT
ON LIVER; BOWELS
No sick headache, biliousness,
bad taste or constipation
by morning.
Get a 10-cent box.

Are you keeping your bowels, liver,
and stomach clean, pure and fresh
with Cascarets, or merely forcing a
passageway every few days with
Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor Oil or
Purgative Waters?
Stop having bowel wash-day. Let
Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and reg
ulate the stomach. remove the sour
and fermenting food and foul gases,
take the excess bile from the liver
and carry out of the system all the
constipated waste matter and poisons
in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will make you
feel great by morning. They work
while you sleep-never grippe, sicken
or cause any Inconvenience, and cost
only 10 cents box from your store.
Millions of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never
have Headache, Biliousness, Coated
Tongue, Indigestion, Sour Stomach or
Constipation. Adv.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-03-10
Bullet Removed From Cooks Body

Denver. The bullet on which
rested Oscar Cooks claim OF limo
cence for the murder of Patrolman
William Mcpherson. for which he was
hanged at the state penitentiary, was
extracted from his body at the re
quest of his family. The bullet was
found to be .32-calibC' leaden mis-.
sile. As the result OF comparison
with the guns used by Mcpherson and
Siewald. companion of cook the night
of the murder, Cooks contention of
innocence was neither proved nor dis.
proved.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-03-10
Gives cuticIe to Save Woman's Life

Longmont-To save his fiancee
Miss Grace Marks, from death, Lee
Sprague. widely known young mar
of Longmont, allowed physicians to
peel more than sixty square inches oi
skin from his body and place it upon
that of the girl Eighty square inches
of skin were required and the balance
was furnished by Glenn Vale, a friend
of Sprague and Miss Marks. The
skin-grafting operation was pro
nounced successful and the complete
recovery OF Miss Marks is antici
pated by the doctors.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-03-10
Two Men Killed in Avalanche.

Denyer--Two men, G.. II. Mathews 5
of Denver and Earl Levy of Pueblo
are dead and two others injured as
the result of snowslide wreck on the
Denver e. Rio Grande railway in the
Black canon. five miles west of
Sapinero. The injured are Fred Good
win of Cedaredge. back strained, and
w. T. Elliot. claim agent of the Den
yer & Rio Grande railroad, cut about
the head.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-03-10
Brides Brother chokes Bridegroom.

Colorado Springs. Angered be.
cause Alma Davis, 19. and Charles l..
Dynes, 20. were married, the brides
i4-year-old brother attacked the
bridegroom and choked him almost
into insensibility.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-03-10
FOR HAIR AND SKIN HEALTH
cutieura Soap and cuticura Ointment
Are Supreme. Trial Free.

These fragrant. super-creamy emol.
lients keep the skin fresh and clear.
the scalp free from dandruH, crusts
and scales and the hands soft and
white. They are splendid for nursery
and toilet purposes and are most eco
nomicaI because most effective.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard. Cuticura. Dept L.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-03-10
Miners Acquitted in Lester Case,

Castle Rock.-A verdict of not
guilty was returned by jury in the
case of four former strikers, charged
with murder in connection with the
killing April ~. 1914, ot Mai. p. P.
Lester. during coal strike disorders
near Walsenburg.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-03-10
RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.

To half pint of water add l OF. Bay Rum, q
small box Of Barbo Compound, and oz Of
glycerlne. Apply to the hair twice a week
until 1t becomes the desired shade. Any drug
gIst can put this up or you can mix 1t at
darken stresked, ftded gray hair. and re-
moves dandruf. 1t is excellent for falling
hair and will make harsh hair soft and glossy.
It will not color the scalp, Is not sticky or
greasy, and does not rub on.-AdY.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-03-10
4 Successful Failure

Ryder-Was Jones airship sue
cess?
Walker-That depends on the point
of view.
How so?"
Walker-Well. as success it was .
failure but as a failure. it was n sue.
cess
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-03-10
A Sinecure.

I'D like to be the manager of this
Joint for about ten minutes" said the
head bookkeeper.
What would you do if you were?
asked the shipping clerk.
I'D go out to lunch. That's all he
ever does, amt it?''
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-03-10
Take This Mans Advice
TRY The GREAT KIDNEY REMEDY

It rlways gives me pleasure to recon-.
mend anything that is right and so l feel
it my duty to herald the praises Of Dr..
kilmer's Swamp-Root.
For years l was troubled with kidney
disease and it was so intense that l was
bedridden for days at a time. 1 gave up
all hope and doctors for miles around gave
me no help. Incidentally I tried several
patent remedies and at last tried Swamp
Root. From the first it gave me relief
and 1t was no time before l was able to
be up and around and now / am perfectly
well and able to work as ! used to before
my terrible sickness.
So now let me thank you for your won
derful discovery and take this opportunity
to recommend it TO all who suffer from
kidney troubles.
Yours very truly,
WALTER SILVER,
3l7 North Main Street. Hope, Ark.
Subscribed and sworn to before me. this
18th of March, 1912.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-03-10
Hereditary Experience.

AS a social climber, Mrs. DeRlch Is
certainly success
she ought to be, Her father was a
lincman. Judge.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-03-10
Blocked by Her Think.

Il once thought seriously of marry
ing for money"
why don't you. them"
ing. too"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-03-10

The city of Copenhagen is daily con-
suming about $4,000 pounds of Ameri-
can salt pork
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-03-10

The United States produces so per
cent of the oil OF the world.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-03-10
4. '. WAKE, Notary Public.
Prove What Swamp Root VIII Do For You

Send ten cents TO DR.. Kilmer 4 Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, for a sample size bot
tie. 1t will convince anyone. You will
also receive booklet of valuable infor-
nation. telling about the kidneys and blad-
der. When writing, be sure and mention
this paper. Regular fifty-cent and one
dollar size bottles for sale at all drug
stores-Ady.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-03-10
Throx on Cold. and Prcvrnt Crln

Throw on Colds and Prevent Grip.
When yon feel & cold coming on, take LAxA
TIVE BROMO 1UlNISE. 1t removes cause OF
Colds and Grip. Only One BROMO OuIEIHK'
y W GROVES signature on boT. 2c-
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-03-10
important to Mothers

Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA. a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that 1t
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-05-30
SKETCH AND SONG
TO RULE TONIGHT
Kendall College Commence
ment Festivities Are
Begun.

Following the intcrclass debate a
| Henry Kendall college last night in
competition for the Fred D. Oilel
prizes Of $25, $40 and IS, the open
ing of the weeks commencement ex-
ercises. the studen. body and their
friends will turn this evening to a
program of sketches and songs which
are to be presented at the chapel
The first sketch OF the evening will
be when Love Was Young" and the
following east will present the one
act entertainment:
Mrs. Starr, Mary Burton; Mrs. Mar
tin. Evelyn Reese: Polly Starr. Grace
Haworth; Dick Martin. Glenn Baker.
Following the presentation of
when Love Was Young" Miss
Agnes DUNCAN will sing. My Hearts
Lutte and Happy Days" after
which Miss Irene Mclaughlin will re-
cite. "One Hundred and Oneth"
"Rube' Lcekley will then sing. "An
Evenings Love Song" and II ]
Were You"
Following the soncs by Mr. Leekley.
Spreading the News" another sketch
win be presented by the following
cast:
BARLEY Fallon. Otto Seymore: Mrs.
Failon. Ruth kibec: Jack Smith
Bill Edwards. shawn Erley w Milan:
Tim Casey. l.. johnson; James Ryan.
Buell. Huntlcy; Mrs. Parpey. Violet
Wood: Mrs. Pully. Maud Hardley;
Policeman. II. Handlcy; Magistrate.
Glenn Baker
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ton avenue for a consideration OF
$4,000. The lot has frontage OF
100 feet on Boston and 40 feet on
seventh. 1t was purchased from W
NJ Fewcl Of this city who three years
ago only asked $6,7OO for the prop
crty
Plans are now being prepared for
the building Of "A fine Masonic hall
on the lot. the building to be about
60 by 100 feet leaving a little park
space all around. All other Masonic
bodies in the city with the exception
OF the Shrine viii join in the build
ing. The Shrine owns its own lot and
is planning to build on 1t before very
long
The building planned will be a
model of its kind and one of the fin
est i'm the southwest. The complete
cost has not yet been determined but
II VIII not be less than $4,000 and
probably more. 1t viii afford the
various Masonic bodies of the city a
iinc home, something they have never
enjoyed in Tulsa thus far.
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SCENERY IS SET
BY LEADERS FOR
G. O. =. PRELUDE
CONTINrEp FROM rAaE on


| Albert B. Cummins of Iowa, Senator
| Robert NJ. LaFollettc of Winconsin
| Phlaudcr G. Knox Of PENNSYLVANIA
and GOV NJ. G. Brumbaugh Of Penn
sylvania will be opened in Chicago
June l.
Alice nm Chittcnden Of the New
York state Autl-National Woman
Suffrage association notified Chair
man Hlllcs by telegraph that she
would appear before the convention
committee on resolutions to oppose the
insertion In the Republican platform
OF national woman suffrage plank.
The Anti National Suffrage association
Will send delegate to Chicago to
work against the plank while mem
hcrs Of the National Congressional
union will appear before the resom-
tons committee to plea in favor of an
endorsement of nation wide suffrage
for women.
Chairman llllcs has been advised
that the six delegates representing
Hawaii, Porto Rico and the PhiIip- |
pines, who under the reapportionmcnt !
ol delegates adopted by the Repub- !
Iic1u national committee in 1913 are
gwen seats in the convention without |
votes VIII make a determined fight /
n'io'e the credentials committee for
Ihc right To vote.
They viii argue that they are as
much entitled To vote as the delegates
rom the District of Columbia and
Alaska.
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View Revised

handsomely dressed damsel en-
tered crowded tram car. A rough
looking old fellow, wearing n dlapi-
dated hat and a suit of homespun
clothes. rose to his feet
Miss, take my seat. | don't look
as well as these ere gentlemen" he
said, nodding to several men. "but
I've got more politeness." without
word of thanks the young woman
sat down.
Miss. said the old fellow, with
smile. Il believe left my to-
bacco pouch on the seat Will YOU
please get up?"
No sooner was the seat unoccupicd
than the old fellow deliberately sat
down again.
"B'lieve I'll keep sittin' here.
miss he explained. 1--WE got a
little more politeness than these ere
sentlemen. but l have found cut
that | amt got nigh so much com
mon sense. Tit Bits.
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"WHY LIKE AMERICANS"
IN EngliShman AnaIyzcs Us and
Finds Us Not Vulgar. but Naive.

In America the desire to amas,
wealth rs accompanied by terrible
efficiency An American business
man is as efficient as "A Prussian of
ficer, and he finds very much the
same temperament to work upon
Not that the proud and free Amer
lea would tolerate the physical per-
auaslon of Prussianism which lashes
the soldier in the face, but the pri-
L Yates in American industry are
strenuously treated in order to exact
the fun measure OF their work. Roth
submit for different reasons The
! German submits because he has
been hypnotizcd by the notion of
the state. the American because he
says To himself: Tomorrow | shall
he rich and able to employ labor
myself"
The American likes money. for it
! represents power and independence
/ 10 him. he does not like it to hoard
! It and count It over: he has no
ovaricc. And he is not apt to raise
a social barrier when he obtains it:
he remains where he was i'm his in
stincts and in his desire for the com
pany of his follows: he is rarely a
suoh. That | fear. is left for the
other branch OF the Anglo Saxon
race.
Though his pride may lead him to
big mullioncd windows and possibly
to bad pictures because they are
big, too it will not lead to him to
change his friends Nor will he OBJ
ject TO his daughter playing golf
with the son Of his foreman. because
well. you scC-thc foreman might
become a fellow master tomorrow.
and that knowledge keeps man
supple in his social relations, He
dare not he snohbish for fear of
being LETT The immutability of
English society, before the war. was
the cause Of our vices i'm that re-
spcct, and one Of the minor COM
pcnsations for the awful conflict of
the hour is the removal of the mi |
crobc OF our self-sufficicncy.
The successful American. then. is |
a kindly good fellow willing to helm |
on everybody ccNept his trade rival |
for he is at war with him; and is
not business war? The analogy is
close. But perhaps the incest oual-
iV Of Uncle Sam is that he is not
ashamed OF being nouveau richie He
is glad he has made his pile. him
self He is not vulgar. but naive
naive with fresh heart and an
'pen hand He is willing to show I
YOU how to make millions. And I |,
am most anxious to learn-that is
1ne OF the reasons why | like Amer
ans.-Charlcs Dawharn.
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special 10 The World
MIAMI, okla, May 2S. - Next
W N'dn'sday. MAY ~, the grand lodge
of Masous Of Oklahoma win law thc
corner stone of Ottawa coupt,'s nov
courthouse with appropriate ccrcmo-
mes. The ceremonies will be held at
o'clock and business Will be sus-
pended in the city from until 4
O'Clock, while the ceremonies are go
inE on The grand lodge viii have
entire charg" of the services and viii
meet IN the lodge hall at i:30 O'Clock
ana then 20 in body, marching
ihr"ush the streets t. the court
mouse location. TIE courthouse will
cost somewhere in the neighborhood
OF $4,000.
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Jul,nny's Plan

Why. Johnny" said mother to
her A-year-old son. aren't you
ashamed to so about with such a
ION you worry about il.
mamma he replied AS soon as I
get q little bigger IN raise whiskers.
then you won't notice the dirt -
kaasas CITY Star.
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The Forcigncr-"t hear the Amor.
lcan wild pigeon is entirely ex.
tinCt"
The American-"Entirely How
about the European dove of peace %
Chicago News.
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PLAN ELEGANT HOME
Structure VIII Cost Not
Less Than $4,000;
Finest in State.

The building Of Masonic temple
In Tulsa to cost not less than $50
600 was assured yesterday when the
local Masonic Chapter No. II through
Russell & Abbott purchased the
southwest corner Of Seventh and Bos-
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Shed Noticed II

Look here" said the husband
You mustn't complain that way,
remember at least. that I have TO
foot the bills"
Yes. you foot them" retorted the
VIE; You kick at every single one
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Commencement Week USh-
cred in by Baccaulau-
reate Sunday Night.
5000 WERE THERE
Convention Hall Almost
Filled; Busy Week for
Grads Now on.

Choosing for the text of his ad
dress, "Tho Value Of an Ideal" tn,
Rev. l.. $. Barton, pastor OF the Bos
1 ton Avenue church. South, SUNDAY
evening ushered in the 1916 com.
mencement exercises of the Tulsa
high school with baccalauroate SER
mon at Convention hail and opened
up week Of social activities which
will long be remembered by happy
graduates and friends of the class OF
| 1G.
At the auditorium were assembled
almost 5000 graduates, their friends
| patrons of the schools and under
graduates when the evenings services
| were opened with Professional" on.
the pipe organ. by Prof. John Know
} les Weaver.
The high school chorus of fifty
voices sang praise We Jehovah" ana
stand Up! Stand Up for Jesus" the
last number being sung by the chorus
and assembly
superintendent Obcrholzer then pre-
sented Reverend Barton who at once
presented his text and opened his
sermon by illustrating the inclination
or each ancient nation to place be
fore IT an ideal and strive for that
valued goal
Daily Problems,
Throughout the sermon, which was
one of the most interesting ever pre-
Sented to class being graduated
from the local high school, he used
the everyday problems as they are
presented to those who are attenmpt-
ing To attain an ideal which they have
set above and before them.
In IL. a.
SAID; The only ideal that will last
throughout the ages is that ideal of
religion. without it any nation will
fan, any people will fall 1t is the
only rock on which can be built the
true structure of life. If you, men
ana women, take for your ideal the
living of true Christian life. YOU
nave chosen an ideal that will lead
you higher and further in the busy
iiie you are about to enter than any
lCeal which the once-great nations of |
the past chose to reach"
Assisting Ministers.
The invocation was delivered by
Rev G. w. Kerr, pastor of the First !
presbyterian church. and the benedic- |
uon VAS said by the Rev. james Il. |
Mcconnell. pastor of the Tigert Me |
mortal Methodist church, south.
FolloWing Is the program for the |
twelfth annual commencement of the |
Tulsa high school. to he held at Con- |
vention hall, Thursday evening at |
:45 o'clock.
Organ recital, 7:45 to Sis p. m.
Mrs. Ernest T.. Clulow; Invocation, |
Key J. w. Darby; music. high school
chorus; address Dr. George II.
Combs. Presentation of diplomas. for
he board of education, H. O. Nc
.'lure; for the class f.. j. Katz; for the
schools, II. Il. Oberholtzer. Benedic-
ion. Rev l.. f.. Floyd.