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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-16
Next Week, "For the Good of the State,
BY George Bronson Howard

lUhh Wnd' nlF CthsN f'inhIh lnHN r''
yoolod things to JcsHHmN,
Say. Jess. you do look Ike Nn In
dmn for sure" said John. and reached
for moro toast. hl. eyes rcv"ttng IN
llauiN ~ tho murkN reports I'm the
mafnlng paper
jcssamy SMILED ucrvously as 'hc look
Cd apologies for lohn toward their guest.
Hutton WI. regarding her with kindly
sorrow sno lH1kod into his eyes and
snv the gulf open between her ana
John pcri N'hc was man who un-
drr.iOod. which nude more poignant the
r'cl that opposite 10 her, IN the person
ol her husband. aHI the man who DID
t,t understand But JrsHmy gave no
sian NJ what she stw and foIt Surn
Wus not her method. her only sign was
action, ana Hs vet she had not even con
glor"d action
Sn, and Wheeler Hutton had had many
nilu ou man, subjects In tho fortnight
h.ivrrn mcrkpt when the guIf opened
ud the breakfast when Hutton asserted
that Ml Iorl TRACED, was caused hy
+ tu0cs She hnd graspcd his point ~
| |yl,N on dozen vital subjects grusp"d
|ii caal', because II was almost idcnti-
rr with her own. the differences bcirk
/ tInng. only served To show how deep
was the sympathetic understanding be
tv,cn them
! az course she said nothing Of the
ruIf nor dll shc dcsus, John. hut Hut
tOr used him ffcquclly 49, r. type oi
! the American mHterirliam which work.
entirely with brain muscle u uhua,
ot lluttons md Tor the attainment oi
'WOn'f' Hutton ua, Of fphu 10 point
ms moral vn. so imporsouo that Jess.
nnr f"lt Hho could not object without
appearing foolish
She snv more and more ocrly ever,
dUb. huWct,r the HhN slunl depth lyIuf
h'iR"'u h'. Individuality" aud joint
brain muscle and she knew that
Wheeler Hutton saw H. 'oo Ncl h'
I'rDP assert that Hll TRAGEDY this tug
'dN was caused hy trfos Just h,cnus'
hH assertion was su ulpuusk uur
ll,.spu, fem ihHt no should NOT hlv'
i''''d II at her breakfast table Then,
If.r' Pho contn'tod thnt assertion hotly
and. oh iron, NJ uoni,.. John pcr
himself agreed with a.
Wheeler pns.oI johns cup with a.
|"r.Hmrur smile which Jc@pmy. with :
pans 40 hU heart understood onll io'
well
save lo' of none, 'o have one o
those observing ones you p'k about nl
WINS on iho ioh John addict
lrssHrt vtur'I
tuhu 4 wish COULD care 49, muri
'n' MONEY r. .Uu du frr Just ono hnu
just to experience the -,uuuou' .ri.
Hutton
If ,ou could nr, 'or vork a
much '. In so 'n- ur. NDur IL Noul,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-16

female weakness
] wa living in
Clay County,
Texas, at the time.
My experience was
that II m de me
stronger and over
came weakness. |
have used 10 off
and on three or
four different times.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-16

When you to it out, is natural that
like the Case Company founded 1872 should take first rank
For back OF each Case lies tradition history and valued
reputation worth millions. Each is made add to
this worldwide reputation. We built first "a
and have since spent hundreds OF thousands in perecng
We do all the experimenting before placing tractors the
market We coudno afford put forth experimental machine
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-16
Daily Lessons in
History


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South uakuia. hufu near oshkosh Nis
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tf national Harvester rttntsant isitn In
" ashinstvu. u T., 81 yeais ssu tOiay.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-16
OKLAHOMA CITY BRANCH EAST MAIN STREET

notice pnstpon,ng indefinitely the y"
fadr NJ volunteers arranged fot Faster
SUNDAY
John Dillon In his recent notable
speech iu the house NJ commons said
that hut for the action ~ John Mac
Ncin who broke the back NJ the re-
hellion' the military would have been
nghtinr sllll
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-16

IN Egyptian noblsmsns tomb. butt
tsoo ,ears aso, aud preserved In iis en-.
tlrcty. has been placed on exhibition In
The Metropolitan Museum oi ~, In New
York CITY
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-16

encrs,. Rartier- Of class and caste. un.
der social stress. have disappeared fos
q time In England. Tho reaction srom
individuslism 10 socialism stands out "
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-16

bohemia is preparing to huN hlooded
mares iu Nnrth and South America ~
soUn as uppnuuni's nrlser and tn dispose
NJ ihcm N auction 20 breeders and farm.
crs In various ,nrts " tho empire
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-16

Were germ rtsp says noston health
expert who advises Keep un Kissing,
toys and girls. don't b. sfrsid"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-16
HEALTH AND BEAUTY.

Pnwnee, Okla. VI used Doctor
Ferces Favorite Prescription for
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-16

So says wel-known agricultural authority in
The Country Gentleman There 152 tractors on the
marke Then he say Emphatcay the light tractor
has been made practical but all the light tractors the mar
ke practical There special danger in the tractor made
by that lacks experience In either this the farm
implement field"
The makers OF Case believe spreading such sound
advice this. We think is the kind Of information being
sought by knowing farmers 1t keeping faith with thou
sands of customers.
Farmers know who leads in the world Many
make comparison with automobile history. Many realize tho
large number of automobile companies who have fallen by the
waysde Most farmers do be caught with orphan
their hands This is why many lean towards Case
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-16

Chester y. McArthuf.
Chester y. Macarthur, new rcpub-
llrnu congressman from the Third
oregon district, has been u reporter,
farmer lawyer and legislator. lie
married Miss Lucy Smith ~ Portland
shortly before his election.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-16
Quality Comes First with Most Farmers

Over 5000 dealers tell farmers commencing rebel
at cheapness. Quality is the most important thing for
the farmer to consider says The Farmers Mail and B,eee
This especially true with the smaller tractors for the greatly
increasing interest In the smaller engines has
companies produce engines that the quality of
the big machines 1t is extremely important consider the
reputation behind the tractor Is the company OF which you
buying the machine we'll estabshed Has it been
fu In making tracorsf
In other words should be taken guard against
built half baked ideas When you buy
from the standard companies you certain OF getting
engine that has received thought and study by specialists
who know the problem OF farm engineers" y
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-16


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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-16
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-16

summer tourist rate nuul, ir
manl other piut. wl hUNu
nhuNp
Dates N -plr NW ilih io Sep
icmhpr Both lml riurr limit
on nll tickets except iu Uul,vs.
ton. Texas. u,iuhur 1i.t. 1919
Return limit nn tickets ~ gal
weston m days from date " sale.
For tickets and sleeping tat
reservations rail- NJ Union Ticket
Office. i3i West Grand Ave
Phone Walnut Sii ~ MI santa
" Passenger Depot Phone Wal.
nut 2oli
RON RO,i,N.
Passenger Agent
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-16

II was tho gentle, dclicnlcIy reserved
sympathy IN Wheeler Iluuon's eyes ua
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-29
Every step of progress the world has taken
has been from scaffold to scaffold and from
stake to stake-W Phillips.
RUBBER STAMP PRIMARY.

The chief service of the presidential prlmar-
les so called, held in three states on Tuesday
last. demonstrated their hypocrisy as such,
just as the Iowa state primary had done before
them. A mere corporal's guard of the regis
tered voters turned out and we are informed
in the dispatches from Massachusetts,, New
Jersey and Ohio that the party leaders, repub-
lican and democrat put through their candl
dates for delegates to the national conventions
without the slightest trouble.
In year when so much is at stake it might
be expected that the enrolled voters would go
to the primaries if they ever would. But in
Massachusetts only $1,000 republicans turned
ont, or about twenty-four per cent, and the
percentage of democrats was even smaller In
New jersey the turnout was not more than
thirty-ive per cent. of the total enrolment. In
some Ohio precincts barely five per cent. of the
electors voted.
The defense may be offered that for the
democrats the denomination of Wilson is a cut
and dried affair and that in the republican pri-
maries the men who loom largest as possible
nominees refuse to permit their names to ap-
pear on the ballots This excuse in itself is a
sufficient condemnation Of the direct preslden-
tial primary system, which devised to per
init voters Of each party to select the man they
considered most available to lead them in "a
national campaign.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-29
WAddino EanQ.

New York Times: There are some
people who attend weddings with
just as much enthusiasm as base
ball or tennis fan. whether they are
invited or not, and seemingly enjoy
the excitement OF the moment and
the attendant fuss and feathers.
There are said to be funeral fans,
too; people who attend funerals
merely out OF morbid curiosity. OF
course, the wedding fans are most
in evidence at the big town weddings,
which mark the alliance between two
prominent and wealthy families, or
the marriage Of an American heiress
to penniless duke.
They are mostly women, and they
attend regularly all OF the smart
weddings. II they cannot edge their
way past the sexton who takes the
invitation cards. they congregate
around the street awning, and are fire.
Quently of such number as to inter-
fere with the street pedestrians. The
wedding fan, in fact, has become a
highly objectiona BILE feature at all Of
the large churches in the social zone,
especially on Fifth avenue, and extra
precautions are strenuously observed
in order to keep them out of the
church.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-29
Missed Opportunity.

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Local
papers in Omaha have been much
concerned this week over the suicide
Monday evening at the apartment Of
a woman friend in an Omaha hotel
of the wife of an actor on the Or
pheum circuit, and the sensational
developments that followed, fnclud-
ing primarily the failure Of the actor
to terminate his engagement and to
show the semblance at least OF re-
spect for the woman who bore his
name. He went on the stage within
few moments after he was inform
ed Of his wife's suicide, and sang
and pranced" about the stage, as one
Of the papers put it, while his wife's
body lay at the morgue. His businessI
engagements, he announced later, pre-
vented him from accompanying his
wife's remains to Chicago, where the
funeral was held.
His was but one act in the vaude-
vile bill that furnishes the amuse-
ment to an almost always full house,
but since the tragedy there has been,
it is stated by the Omaha papers, but
very little applause for him and his
partner, though formerly they were
greeted at all stages of their popu-
lar act with din, of appreciation.
People have continued to go to the
theater, in Increased numbers per-
haps, to view with morbid curiosity
the man who could sing and dance
while his bride Of three weeks was
scarcely cold in death.
1t appears from a few miles dis
lance that the management of the
theater where this man was engaged
missed rare opportunity when the
fellow failed to terminate the con-
tract under which he appeared. Had
the management, observing the
neglect of the actor to show even the
outward forms of respect for his wife,
requested him to end his work, or
even gone to the length of legally
cancelling it, there would have been
no stencil of indecency in the public
nostrils in connection with the af-
fair. Instead, there would have been
a new and higher. respect for that
particular theater, which would doubt
less have meant more in the end
much more-from the dollar and
cents standpoint than the extra fees
Of the morbidly curious who have
gone this week to see this human
or inhuman-iceberg.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-29
Output Of Books.

indianapolis News The uncertain
ty Of speculation is again illustrated
in the book publishers reports com
pairing the gross output of books for
1914 and 1915. During the first few
months OF the war when speculation
as to its effects on various human ac-
tiyfties was common, it was freely pre-
dfcted that war would have a retard-
ing effect on the production Of literary
work in England, while. at the same
time, accelerating the output in Ameri-
ca and giving greater opportunities to
American authors. Apparently, this
has not happened. While there was a
much larger falling off in America
Books by American authors were 1881
fewer than in the previous year; books
by English authors GAS fewer Neicher,
as far as the report shows, has the war
inspired the poets to greater efforts.
No increase in books of poetry is
shown, but in both England and Ameri-
ca there was a large increase OF books
bearing on business. A substantial
gain is also shown in the history class
ification, which is applicable by the
issues of war books. The failure to
forecast accurately the effect OF the
war upon literary production was per-
haps due to tendency to place too
much emphasis on the war as an in
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-29

fluence in daily life and to ignore
other factors. Publishers in America
had been complaining previous to- the
war of general business conditions, and
these probably persisted for the pub
fishers through 1915. In England, 1t
has been said often, the people do not
take the war seriously. And even il
this is not true the daily horrors of
war may have caused a demand for
books to relax the mind, which. OF
course. would be supplied by publish
ers. Any conclusion drawn, however,
Is qualified by the fact that 1914 was
not entirely year of peace. Com
parison with the year 1913 might show
different results.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-29
ToDAY's BIT OF VERSE
GOD BLESS US EVERY ONE.

GOD BLESS US EVERY ONE.
God bless US every one,'' prayed Tiny Inn,
Crippled and dwarfed of body, yet so tail
OF soul we tiptoe earth to look at him,
High towering over all.
He loved the loveless world nor dreamed indeed,
That it, at best, could give to him the whiie
But pitving glances, when his only need
Was but CHEEKY smile.
And thus he prayed, God bless every one.-
Unfolding all the creeds within the span
OF his childheart! and so, despising none,
Was nearer saint than man
l like to fancy God in Paradise.
Lifting finger DER the rhythmic swing
OF Ginning harp and song, with eager eyes
Turning earthward, listening
The anthem stilled-the angels leaning there
Above the golden wals-the morning sun
OF Christmas bursting fowerke with prayer.
God bless every one!"
james Whitcomb Riley
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-29
OUR. LITTLE BOYS BLUE.

.Marshalltown Times-Republican
We forget many things and many
things that once seemed of vast inn
portance to our lives; old loves, old
grudges and even old friends-but no
father and mother ever 6orgets the
little child that died.
Gene Field wrote much that is
pathetic, much that was gay but new
err anything that so lives and will
continue to live like his Little Boy
Blue"
For there are uncounted toys that
await the touch OF little hand"
that has vanished and the tiny voice
that is still. And in those to whom
those toys are sacred beyond measure
and who touch them as holy the tend
er poem stirs always a memory that
never dies of the little child that died.
He has never grown older, never
lost the sweetness and beauty OF
babyhood. Other children come. hold
their places in our hearts and make
laughter in the home, our hair whit
ems and the wrinkles multiply and
age creeps on but age nor decay nor
any change disturbs that memory.
Still the baby face smiles from the
cradle and with it we are young again.
No memory stays SO freshly bright
and green as that Of him-the little
child that died.
No day passes that we do not see
him. Always the same flower face.
the CLEAN Of happy eyes, the voice
less expression Of love that grew so
early and dropped so soon. The
years are long, but the picture holds
it's lines and colors true. We pity
ourselves and our loss, we pity his
loss of the years that might have
been SO full and gracious had he
lived them.
Aye, constant and true the memory
stands, softened OF it's pang by time
but the truest memory of all, faithful
in its every detail, nothing lost or
faded. the memory OF the little child
that died.
Strange that 1t should be SO when
our own span is so short, when life
brightens as sunrise and fades with
the day; but it is SO. Never comes
full consolation. always the wish that
he had lived brings tear that it
was not SO to be. Though the long
years have tempered its bitterness it
is not less sorrow that lies just
above our tears-that memory Of the
little child that died
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-29
HELP THE BLIND.

One of the greatest Affections that can be
visited upon human being is the deprivation
OF sight either through accident, disease or as a
payment Of the toll Of war. Thousands OF
French Belgian and British soldiers who have
been blinded in the European war are in a
pltlabIe condition, and the Permanent Blind
Rehef War Fund for Soldiers and Sailors,
whose representative in Keokuk is f. S. Baker,
president OF the Keokuk National bank, finds it
necessary to make further appeal for funds in
order TO brlng relief to those who il is aimed TO
assist Unable to work at former trades. these
numerous blinded war victims cannot support
themselves and their families Their govern
menus oNerour r, with more immediate
few months training can edncato o1,,4 III
these thousands of men in practical er,i ~
trades, in which they can support to,a ,2 Ing
and at least partially support thor So.
Sympathetic citizens of Keokuk should
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-29
Voice Of the People
1.-THE Gate City does not assume
responsibility for views expressed ~
correspondence
A Roosevelt Defeat.

To the Editor of The Gate City:
Colonel Roosevelt may try 70 pu.
the best face possible on bis deiea1
in the Massachusetts direct preslaen.
tial primary, but the fact remains lns'
1t was a defeat, and sharp oue,
True, Colonel Roosevelt has refuseo
to permit his name to be printed -
the ballot or to take any person..
part in the primary campaign pas
Bird, Gardner, Washburn and Cusr
ing advertised themselves as Roose
welt candidates for delegates at isIsS
to the Chicago convention ana WoiAs'
tirelessly. ~.
The result was that they were Oau.
ly defeated by the uninstructe1 eau
didates led by Senator Lodge ~
Governor Mccall. Mr.. Mccall W..
polled the largest vote for the I p;rd
lars" 58,S43, beat Ex-Governor DIE
who led the Roosevelt four, by NV
than 10000 votes. There can Do =.
doubt that il Roosevelt had WIN
their victory would have been hal, =
by the colonel as an indication oi ~, Wv
trend of republican opinion III ..s
favor. When the best that ne r..
from the Bay state is two deiesa ~
from one congressional distric. 20
facts must be accepted frankly =
against him. -, ener.
In New Jersey, where less eu II.
getic campaign was wagea IN .ven
favor, the colonel made an him
worse showing, the opposition 10 ni h.
being two to one. There aiso ons
secured only two delegates from o. IN
congressional district. HIS Vo'e ma,
the Ohio and Iowa primaries
negligible. .a,. have
Perhaps the colonel might nb,,.
made a better showing in NASSAU :, the
sets had he curbed his tongue ~ the
past few days Certain he mas cam.
knack of doing most eheclre or'sis.
paigning against himself lnn q
Keokuk, April %. 1916.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-29
ty was not questioned. A sincere per.
son may not always succeed. but they
always command respect.

lty was not questioned. A sincere per.
son may not always succeed, but they
always command respect.
Dubuque Times-J Journal: The whole
Roosevelt family, father, sons, sons
| in-law, Cousins, etc., will enlist II we
have war, says the colonel. Inc col
| onel missed bet by not better adj
1 vertising the patriotism OF the Roose-
welt family by saying they would all
| go as privates.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: Candidate
Meredith is fleralded as vote-getter.
Why this reputation? 1t is certainly
not based on past performances.
0edar Rapids Gazette: The best
political joke of American history is
presented by national leaders in Wash
ington holding their breaths and
clutching the sides of their reserved
seats while watching the FordCum
minis finish in Nebraska. 1t is equal
to one-armed cigar sign winning
middleweight championship in a fair
fight.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: The Cedar
Rapids Republican thinks we should be
grateful because Wilson will write no
more notes." There is nothing certain
on this line. When a schoolmaster
says he has written his last line and
spoken his last word he usually means
just for the time being.
Sioux City Tribune: A champagne.
H., bankers daughter committed sui
eide because some of her friends told
her she was not good looking. She
overprized good looks and overestimat-
ed the Importance OF the opinion Of
| her friends It was much more import
looking. Any real friend would have
told her that.
Cedar Rapids Republican: It took
great deal of effort to get out a
minimum vote in the presidential pref
erence primary. And yet few years
4 ago the politicians were telling us
| that the primary was absolutely nee
essary to save our free institutions
from the encroachments of the bosses.
now we pursued one delusion after
another, getting ourselves all excited
about it, only to find in the end that
no one cared much about IL and that
| it has accomplished little or nothing
except added to the expenditures Of
itaxpares' money.
Charlton Leader: 1t begins to look
as though those fellows who are op-
posed to woman suffrage would have
to do the skirt dance. 1t Is as surely
coming in iowa and the nation, In spite
of our individual choice. like or dislike.
Already enough states have adopted IL
to force it through the other states In
time. No state will desire to be be-
hind its sister commonwealth in the
advantage OF voting population.