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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-11-14

Not a disturbance was recorded at
police headquarters this morning as a
result of last nights celebration. The
crowd was noisy, but not rough, and
everything worked off smoothly.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-11-14
TWENTY-cENT COTTON
Fourteen Hundred Bales Sold at Twen
ty Cents Per Pound.

Houston, Tex, Nov. 14.-Fourteen
hundred bales of spot cotton sold at
twenty cents here today. The average
price per bale was $10S.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-11-14
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TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

LOST-Two female greyhound pups.
Phone 294. Tom Dyer 1i-3
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-11-14

Nearly everybody reads The Ard.
moreite. Do you?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-11-14

WANTED-The Ardmoreite is author
ICED by a customer to pay 10c each
for the first two copies of the paper
of October 26 brought to this office.
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The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-15
PuttjnQ the Baby to SIeep.

In the matter of sleep, babies are inclined to be contrary You must first form the time-honored habit of walking the floor with him. Care must be taken not to walk on a highly pol ished hardwood floor, for if you should happen to drop him he is likely to scratch up the nice, smooth surface Pick out a room with a rug or a car pet in it, preferably one where your wife has been sewing during the day In this way the pleasure of the walk will be increased by the delightful pastime of picking pins out of the soles of your feet ever and anon, and the baby will have further opportunity of increasing his vocabulary.
 If you object to walking the floor and are willing to stoop to deception you might hire somebody to drive a heavy cart up and down on the cobble- stones in front of the house. The baby will think it is the milkman on his morning rounds, and, satisfied that he has kept you awake all night, he will go to sleep with a clear con- science. However, he will never have the same confidence in you after he grows up and learns how you have de- ceived him.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-15

it's full depth and turning the soil
 to break up the clods. Heavy soils
 should never be worked when wet.
 Overzealous gardeners, ready to seize
 the first warm spell as a favorable op-
 portunity to go out and work the
 heavy clay soil before it is dry, are
 not only wasting their energy, but are
 doing damage to the soil from which
 it will take years for 1t to recover
 To determine when heavy soils are
 ready for blowing a handful of earth
 should be collected from the surface
 and the fingers tightly closed on it. If
 the ball of compacted earth is dry enough for cultivation it will fall
 apart when the hand is opened.
 How to Fertilize.
 The soil in the average backyard is not only lacking in plant food, but
 also has been packed until it is hard and unyielding. To loosen up such soil and make it suitable for garden produce requires that careful atten-
 tion be given to it's preparation. After spading the inclosure thoroughly, the | upper three inches should be made fine with the use of hoe and rake. Stones and rubbish should be removed
 and clods of dirt broken. The surface
 should be marked off for planting in | conformity with the general plan of the garden.
 Barnyard or stable manure is the best fertilizer because it furnishes both plant food and humus. An appli cation at the rate of from 20 to 30 tons
 to the acre of we'll routed manure is very satisfactory. This should be ap- piled after blowing or worked with a
 spade, and distributed evenly over the surface and later worked in with hoe or rake. On many soils it is ad visable to apply commercial fertilizer, | especially phosphate, in addition to | the manure. An application of 300 to 600 pounds of acid phosphate to the
 acre is usually sufficient. If addition | al potash is needed, which is often the case with sandy soils, this may be eco- | nomically supplied in the form of
 wood ashes. If the wood ashes are un- leached they should be distributed
 over the garden, using 1000 pounds to
 the acre. If they have been wet, or
 leached, 2,000 pounds should be used.
 An application of 100 pounds to the
 acre of nitrate of soda may be used in the spring to start the plants before
 nitrogen in the manure has become available. It should be borne in mind
 that commercial fertilizers will not yield good results unless the soil is
 well supplied with humus. Sod or
 other vegetation which has overgrown
 garden spot may be used to advan- tage It should be turned under with
 blow or a spade and will aid in light
 ening the soil and providing 'humus.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-15
CONSTRUCTION OF NEST BOX
In Cold Climates 1t Must Be Tight and Warm Enough to Keep Lay
 ing Hens Comfortable.

Where poultry houses are too small to accommodate all the fixtures com fortably, some poultrymen practice the plan of having the nest boxes out side of the partition wall. The nest box is made 15 inches wide and the same in height and as long as desired. Partitions are placed to allow 12 to 15 inches for each nest, according to the size of the breed kept. The nest box is attached to the outside of the house with strong hooks and screw eyes. The cover is hinged, and fitted with a pitch sufficient to shed water, and is covered with roofing paper.
 In cold climates the entire construc- tion of the nest box must be tight and warm enough to keep the laying hens comfortably when on the nest. In hot weather the nest box cover can be slightly elevated to afford ventila- tion. In some cases this plan of nest box is quite a convenience as we'll as saving of room, as the eggs can be gathered outside the poultry house.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-15
THINK MUCH OF ENVIRONMENT
Nothing of Light Color About Their Establishments.

The breeders of the Polled Angus "a particular race of black cattle in Scotland-who make great point of keeping up the perfect uniformity of their blackness, getting rid of every individual that has even a single white foot, take care to have everything black about their farmsteads. All the buildings are black, the horses are black, the dogs are black, the fowls are black. No breeder will have any. thing colored or white about his place
 Though no account can be given of the physiological action which makes these precautions effective Gas they are asserted to be- in securing the desired results, yet some scientists are strongly inclined to think that some influence of this kind is concerned in producing many singular correspond ences between the surface aspect of fishes and crustacea inhabiting shal- low waters and the character of the bottoms on which they live.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-15
EVER GENTLE AND MERCIFUL
Gods Pitiful and Patient Kindness En. dures for All His Children,
 and for All Time.

woman who was for years a resi- dent of Palestine, in speaking of the shepherds of that country, told of the pipes upon which they played-a sim pie instrument fashioned from a reed. In the carrying or using of these they are easily bruised, so that their mu- sic is marred.
 May there not be a reference to these pipes where we are told that Christ will not break the bruised reed?" she asked, The shepherd could easily throw aside that which had been crushed and supply himself with another-the reeds are many and common-but if he has grown attached to his little instruments he may put In new piece, restore the tone and keep his old companion still"
 The thought, at least, is beautiful and true. There are so many hearts bruised by sorrow, by sin. by urbelief, until all the music grows mute, and the notes of praise they raised in ear Her yearS die into silence. But the Master is pitiful and patient. Not for all the music of angelic choirs will he cast away one of these bruised reeds as worthless, but with infinite tender ness he heals and restores, until the melody of love and thanksgiving rises once more.-Author Unknown.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-15
SEEDING AND PLANTING TIME
Farmer Who Starts Just Little Behind Is Almost Sure to Remain So
 During Entire Season.

It is quite an item to get all the work done in good season on the farm Especially is this true of seeding and planting.
 Of course, there is danger of being too early and the getting of the seed in the ground while it is cold and wet; at the same time, in a great many cases, the farmer who starts in the spring little behind will nearly always be just little behind all through the season, and this means, no matter how hard he may work, a failure to secure the best results in the end.
 Put on the think-cap at the begin ming of the season and wear 1t right through the year.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-15
HORSES AND DRIVERS ALIKE
Their Respective Ceilings Seem to Bear Out to Perfection liar
 mony in Appearance.

Ever notice how the horse resembles the driver-or the driver the horse: inquires the Columbus (OO Dispatch Here stands an old horse hitched to scavenger's wagon. The drlver, tne wagon and the horse all resemDle each other. The wheels of the wagon do not track" They wobble around, making serpentine tracks, and creak and groan as they rumble along. me horse has a spayin on one leg ana misshapen hoof on one foot and few white patches on his back where the harness in other days has made sores And there is the driver, poking about in the barrels in the alleys, unkempt wobbly in his gait, uncertain upon his feet, dejection in his features all the world like the horse and wagon
 Here comes fellow down the street driving a high-headed horse, with shiny harness. It seems out of date, of course, for the motor car has ren, dered obsolete the best of horses and the finest of carriages. But the driver IS Ol tue SdulO SlTlpc--d SI1OOIu-SllOu5d II looking fellow, well groomed and bar, bered to perfection and clothed in flashy apparel. But he, too, seems a bit out of date; at least he carries you back to the Sporty" days of the past. He and the buggy and the horse resemble each other as nearly as the scavenger and his outfit resemble each other.
 There goes an ice wagon-a pair of ponderous Norman horses, with strength in every feature. And on the seat of the wagon sits a man of strength, with good, strong arms and robust body, resembling the stability of the wagon and the team.
 You can go through the whole list and you will find the resemblance of driver and team and vehicle. We won der if it will come to be the case with the motor cars when we have a motorized world. We half suspect it will
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-15

Prepared by the United States Depart
 ment of Agriculture)
 The pigs place on the farm cannot be filled by any other animal. He is not only profitable when grown as crop in himself, but some very i'm portGnt places filled by him come from his ability to make use of feeds that would otherwise be lost Thus he saves waste and utiliZes materials around the farm which only he can use and converts these into a market able product and cash. The pig is known as the "mortgage-lifter," and this appellation is certainly well de- served.
 Because of the pigs ability to util- ize the grain droppings from steers, the pig often makes steer-feeding op- prove so without his aid. Mumford reports in a summary of ten different experiments that the gains made by pigs fed following steers paid from 094 per cent to 1867 per cent of the feed given the steers. These pigs were
  ditional feed
 Considering the relative economy of the different kinds of live stock, the pig takes a place among the most eco- nomical For the whole fattening pe- riod the OK requires 1,109 pounds of dry feed to produce 100 pounds gain; the sheep 912 pounds, and the pig, APO pounds.
 Among the classes of farm animals the pig ranks second as producer of human food from given amount of digestible matter consumed. The milch COW leads in her power to convert crops Of the field into human food with the pig second, poultry following, and the steer and sheep coming low est
 Feeding pigs on the farm has an- other value, and that is in relation to soil fertility. The man who feeds his grain to pigs sells a very small
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-15
Had to Have "Qwl Carr

A conductor on the Cottage Grove line insists that the following incl dent really occurred on New Years morning:
 The car was proceeding at about ten o'clock in the morning, when a tipsy individual who had been celebrating the arrival of the new year throughout the night stepped on to the track and hailed the motorman, saying: Shay, m fren', is zish Cottage Grove owl car?"
 On being assured that it was a Cot tage Grove car, but not an owl, he waddled unsteadily back to his seat on the curb. exclaiming:
 "Go along. then; I'm waiting for an owl car."-Chicago News.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-15

amount of fertilizing elements off of the farm as compared with the one who sells grain. Furthermore, in us ing forage or pasture crops the value of the manure scattered over the field is considerable.
 Swine farming, like other branches of livestock farming, gives employ ment to labor during the entire year. and enables the farmer to keep hired labor throughout the year and does not congest it at harvest time. The hog is the only farm animal that can safely harvest the corn crop, and this practice is gaining ground from year to year among the most progressive farmers, resulting in no little saving of labor to the breeder who grows his own corn.
 Keep Garden Soil Busy.
 Even the smallest backyard may be made to yield supply of fresh vege- tables for the family table at but slight expense if two or three crops are successively grown to keep the area occupied all the time. People who would discharge a clerk if he did not work the year round will often cul- tivate garden at no little trouble and expense and then allow the soil to lie idle from the time the first crop ma lures until the end of the season. Where two or three crop system IS used in connection with vegetables adapted to small areas, space no larger than 25 by TO feet will produce enough fresh vegetables for a small family Corn, melons, cucumbers and potatoes and other crops which re- ouire a large area should not be grown in a garden of this size. Half an acre properly cultivated with careful crop rotation may easily produce $l0O worth of various garden crops in a year.
 When to Work Soil.
 If the garden was not broken in the fall 1t should be plowed in the spring as soon as the frost is out of the ground. Small areas may be worked with . spade. pushing the blade in tc
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-15
Circumstances Alter Cases.

Pa, were you ever caught smoking when you were boy?" asked Tommy Slathers, who had been invited to the woodshed for private interview with his father.
 "Why-er-yes," answered MT. Slathers.
 Did your father punish your"
 No, he didn't"
 Then l hope you won't be hard op me because you have caught me smok- 'uR."
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-15
OoinQ Ones Best.

My position in life is trust given to me to use for Him. If ever weak ly say to myself that I would do much more good were I in better position for doing 1t. must remember that the only possible way of proving that to be true is my doing all the good l can in the position l occupy now.-Rev. c. H. Knight.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-15

sacrifice on our behalf, and his glorious triumph over death. There is a fitness be- tween the time and the event that impresses you the moment you think about it. Both speak of hope, and both breathe gladness in the heart of man.
 He was deliv- cred for our of f e Il S e s. How pregnant is every word of that great
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-15
When to Work Soil.

If the garden was not broken in the fall 1t should be plowed in the spring as soon as the frost is out of the ground. Small areas may be worked with . spade, pushing the blade in to
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-15
Christ's S Death and Resurrection
By REV. JAMES M. GRAY, D. D. Dean of the Moody Bible Institute
 of Chicago

TExT-Who was delivered for our of lenses, and was raised again for our jus tification.- 4:25.
 One is so glad that the Son of God chose the budding springtime for his
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-01-24


pie with money and not for State
street department store girls. So
they called the ambulance of the
Fillmore street police station.
On the long, jerky ride to the
County hospital, where all poor peo-
pie are taken in, Miss Wells told DR..
E. A. AisenStadt about her failure to
live fairly with slim pay envelope
between her and starvation.
The doctor helped carry her into
the big hospital that cares even for
State street salesgirls. Then he
went back to the station and wrote a
report to his chief Lack of money
for rent and necessities" was one of
the reasons to which he ascribed her
death attempt.
There were other causes for her .
dependency, he explained in his re-
port, but dread of the pinching,
grinding life of a State street shop
girl was the big reason.
Chas. A. Stevens & Bros. own the
great building between Mandel's and
Marshall Fields, on State street. 1t
runs through to Wabash av.
The Stevens are rich, every one
of them. They have dozen auto
mobiles in the family to make sure
that none of them may have to walk
about in the midwinter slush.
They go to church, nearly every
one of them. Chas. A., member of
the Stevens firm, is one of the" pill
lars" of St. Paul's UniVersalist
church, at Both and Prairie av. He
pays his share of the $4,000 salary
they give their minister for his
Sabbath sermon.
He's a good church man. He sends
his son and daughter to church al
most every week and they both sit
through the sermon and then teach
Sunday school afterward
A. Stevens used to be leader in
this same Sunday school. MANY
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-01-24
COULDN'T MAKE A GO ON STATE
STREET PAY


Gertrude Wells lies quite still on
little white cot in the County hos
pital today. The nurses don't know
whether she will live or whether she
will pass on to the place she sought
when she took ten mercury tablets
day or so ago.
Wednesday Gertrude was one of
the thousand salesgirls who glide
about all day long over the thick
green rugs in Stevens ladies' store
on State street. She sold costly,
wonderful dresses that she couldn't
expect to wear; she took rolls Of
money from jeweled fingers of soci-
ETY. women and wrapped up the
pretty clothes for them.
Her wage was one typical of State
street; it never seemed to be enough
to pay the rent for the little fiat at
311 S. KedZie av., where she stayed
with her aged mother. She couldn't
eat what she wanted and her dresses
were not the kind she sold every day
at Stevens on State street.
Gertrude, she is just %, grew tired
OF the daily grind under the electric
lights at Stevens Month after
month she found it harder to get
along on the State street wage. 1t
seemed she always had to deny her
self some little things she wanted.
Wednesday night the girl was
tired out after the long days work,
but she couldn't sleep. She tossed
about in her bed all night long. and
when morning came she didn't go to
work.
Instead she told her mother she
was sick, and when the aged parent
left the house that morning she ran
to the bathroom and swallowed ten
mercury tablets. Three are enough
to cause death
They hurried her to the private
hospital of DR.. Katherine Corcoran
at 3159 W. Jackson blvd. and gave
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-27
FOUR DEAD IN FLOODS

South Wayne, Wis, March a.
With number of dead in floods in
Southern Wisconsin and illinois in
creased to four and rumors that to-
tai death toll may reach ten, condi-
tons were gradually improving in
flooded districts today.
Chas. Owen, a farmer near here,
was drowned this morning while try
ing to rescue cattle from a flooded
barn. VIM. Horr, railroad agent at
Winslow, Ill, lost his life. .r-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-27

FL PdSo, 7 eX., March ZI.-An I'm
confirmed report reached here today
that 6 American soldiers had been
wounded by poems sniping near Ma
miquipa and that several MeXicans
had been killed or wounded by return
fire of U. S. soldiers.
Report was denied by J. G. Crock
EFT, vice president of Mexico North
western railroad, who stated he has
been in constant communication with
Casas Frandes and points south.
Leaving a trail of dead and dying,
Villa, with remnants Of his once
mighty army, was today fleeing
southwark from NamiqUipa in direc-
ton of Sierra TarahUmare noun
tains, according to army adViCes.
That Villa was killing deSeTters when
caught and giving Mexicans choice of
firing squad or joining him was evil
dent from censored report from eX-
peditiOnary forces. Villa forced IS
young Mexicains to join his band at
FL Vale under threat of execution.
7 were impressed into his service at
Namiquipa, where Villistas defeated
small force of CarTanZiStaS.
Official reports from Gen. PERISH
ing's expedition state that Villas
horses were in bad condition. Bet |
ter mounted American soldiers were |
within 2 days ride of outlaw at last |
reports.
It was hoped that pursuers might |
head him off before he reaches the |
Sierras. Carranzista detachments in
his path have forced Villa to delay his
flight.
According to residents of districts
Villa traversed, his men and horses
were facing starvation. They were
living off raids on ranches along the
line of their flight.
Villa, however, was reported to
have claimed great victories in mes
sages to CanUto Reyes, ViIlista gen
eraI in Torreon district Conditions
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} YANKEES SHOT
There was no confirmation of re-
ports that Reyes threatened Torreon.
Report that American women and
children from TOTreOn reached Mon
terey, Mexico, in box cars after es-
Gaping Villista bullets by hiding be-
hind barricades of trunks in cars also
Unconfrmed here.
San Antonio, Tex, March a.
Latest reports to Gen. Funston indi-
Gated Villa has elUded attempted en-
circling movement of American and
Carranzista troops and is now adj
vancing rapidly through MADEIRA val
ley.
Weeks, perhaps months, of hard
campaigning face American punitive
expedition in its chase for Villa.
Columbus, N. NJ, March 27.-Many
drivers of incoming army wagons to-
day reported encoUntering Mexican
snipers along Casas Grandes-C Column
bus road. No Americans hit.
Over 5000 additional U. S. troops
preparing to enter Mexico.
Military officials at base camp here
reiterated belief Villistas would not
be exterminated without long, hard
campaign. They said there was no
reason to believe that Villa was sur
rounded by Americans or Carran-
vista troops at present.
San. Antonio.-Gen. Pancho Villas
escape from trap set for him at Nam
iquipa was through Carranzista, not
American forces, Maj. Gen. Funston
declared today.
FOUR DEAD IN FLOODS
South Wayne, Wis, March a.
With number of dead in floods in
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z Wfoskiego Terenu
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ME Adygi Austryacy atakowal'
pozycye w}oskie pod zugna, lecz
zostali odparci: wogole artylerya
austryacka w tel stronle bardzo
jest czynna podobniez pod Pasu-
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bombardowane przez nieprzyja-
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gnolo Avisio by}o try razy alta
kowane, "a kazdym razem cd,
parto Austryakow. w dolinie
Drawy wloska artylerya bonn
barduje pozycye austryackie.
Aeroplany austryackie rzucaly o.
negdaj wczoraj pociski ma Ala,
Fiera Primiero.