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sulting profits largely depend upon
successful hog raising. In Iowa, Mis-
souri,, Illinois and other great hog
raising states, the hogs follow the
cattle; they eat after the cattle. Com
bined they bring the farmer good
revenue. With hog raising left out,
the cattle in these states can be
grown only at loss.
Probably no blight or disease with
! which the farmer has to contend, and
he has many. is so absolutely discour-
aging as hog cholera. Its devastation
is almost complete. With n drove of
100 or perhaps 1000 prime hogs just
ready for the market, he has almost
the feel of the money-S1, 900 or $1O,-
0O0-within his hand. They are
healthy and fat, n sight good to look
upon. Then Il hog on an adjoining
farm rubs snouts with one Of them,
| through the fence, and before the week
is out half the hogs of the drove are
infected, and the chances are that
in another week, instead of 100 hogs.
there will be less than n dozen strag-
glers. Even with Il good bank ac-
tOllhl, IL luhtS SoihS We loA tih.S
particular farmer to start all over
again; the chances are that he will
quit the hog business.
All the precautions of sanitation and
| cleanliness may be of little avail in
| combating cholera. An entire drove
of thousand hogs may be swept away
J from the germs carried on the boots
of a farmland who has visited some
distant farm, while dogs, turkey buz.
| yards, crows, etc, may transmit the
disease.
There are just two things to be
done; first, stop the sale of fake and
dangerous anticholera serums, and sec
ond to supply hog raisers with the
Dorset serum. Hog raisers are will
ing to pay the cost of incubation.
The trouble has been that there Is not
enough serum to supply the demand,
and the farmers have used danger
ous substitutes. To insure $15 hog
by inoculating him at cost of 25
cents is good business, and when the
government manufactures serum on
liberal scale, this cost will be consid-
erably reduced. With hog cholera un-
der control, not only would we have
more pork, but more beef. If hog
cholera can be abolished, as it should
be by means of the Dorset serum. the
United States in two years can be re-
stored to its old place as the greatest
meat exporting nation In the world.
The appropriation of half million
dollars in the Kenyon law for the
stamping out of cholera is an authori-
zation to do the most practical work
possible toward increasing the nation
| nj meat supply.
The Ordway new era., 1916-07-28
DRINK AND DIVORCE,

'The story of the divorce court
reeks with whisky and brutality" says
Jack Lait, who writes for Chicago
Herald. He has lately been dropping
into the courtroom of Judge Kersten,
the busiest jurist in ChristendOm, and
watching and listening" He has
found that '"the fist is the symbol of
divorce and the bottle its Inspiration
Liquor is responsible for more than
ten out of twenty cases. "Those are
the tales" he says, that do not get
display heads in news columns. They
are not important, they are not pic
turesque." Judge Kersten has spent
80 years "adjudicating criminal mat
ters, from murder to splitting on the
sidewalk-and of it all, the blacklist,
the sorriest, the saddest, are the d.
vorce cases."
And the states, most of them, go
on licensing the sale of the stuff
which inspires the drunken fist--go
on in money partnership with the
drunkard maker!
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With the Child, Fighting Means More
Than Defense-it Is Matter Of
Overcoming Difficulties.

and inhuman motives, and, on the 9TH
er hand, against allowing the exertions
to result in injuries, whether persona!
or economical.
In childhood, playing soldier means,
usually, merely parading or hunting
or stalking. Presently, however, the
children become interested in each 9TH
er as members of groups. Because Of
this interest it becomes possible for
us to cultivate an attitude of exclu-
siveness or antagonism toward all who
are not members of the Immediate
group. In extreme cases this attitude
ends in antisocial group action, and ut
best 1t ends in n rather narrow kind of
nationalism or patriotism" But it is
also possible to make use of the social
interests and impulses in cultivatinS
an overwhelming conscientiousness of
identity with other people. In the first
case we have perpetual source of
antagOnism or animOsity toward
strangers and foreigners. In the lat
ter case there is the opportunity to
direct the fighting instinct against the
enemies of the race, the distractions
to human welfare.
But even before the child becomes
interested in team plays or group ac-
tion of any kind, we utilize essentially
the same interest in conflict when we
encourage rivalry. whether ut home or
in school, through prize contests or
through invidious praise and blame.
We have guessing contests and spell
ing matches, and in athletics We have
races of various kinds. In these the
individual is encouraged to put forth
his best efforts, not for the purpose of
attaining some predetermined stand
ard, not for the purpose of cultivating
his own abilities, but for the purpose
Of excelling some other particular
child. "'. 'r
The bread-baking contests and the
dressmaking competitions for girls,
ike the cornraislng or shop contests
for boys, utilize the same motives of
rivalry as we nnd In the7ordinary ath-
letic contests or street lights. But the
form of1the conflict and the material
consequences arc in no way objection
| able. 4,-s sss sss' y ,s,asS: s seis
1hen tho cider children ars organ
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Needed.

Senator Kern was talking about a
noted foreign statesman.
''The people want to get rid of him."
he said, "but Pm afraid they can't do
without him. They're like the jeal-
GUS husband.
"a husband was very jealous Of his
capable, managing wife. She had got
him his job and he owed his various
advances to her, but, nevertheless, he
got SO Jealous one night that he point
ed q revolver at her head.
"sWhat are you going to do, Jim,'
she asked, staring into the murderous
weapon, calmly.
I'm going to blow your brains out r
roared the frenxied husband.
sJlrn, don't you do It, she said.
You need my brains where they ara .
Washington Star.
The Ordway new era., 1916-07-28
SWkMP-ROOT STOPS
SERIOUS BACKACHE

When your back aches, and your blad-
der and kidneys seem to be disordered, re-
member it is needless to suffer-go to your
nearest drug store and get bottle of DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root. 1t is a physicians
prescription for diseases of the kidneys
and bladder.
1t has stood the test of years and has
a reputation for quickly and effectively
giving results in thousands of cases.
This prescription was used by DR.. Kill
mer in his private practice and was 70
very effective that it has been placed ON
sale everywhere. Get bottle, Soc and
slOO, at your nearest druggist.
However. if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to Dr..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
The Ordway new era., 1916-07-28
WHO'LL GET THE MONEY?

The manufacture OF lumber is an
important industry in the state of
state OF Washington and the woods
men used periodically to go into the
towns and spend their wages in the
saloons Shortly before the prohibi-
tion law became operative a police
captain inquired OF one of these men
what he would do with his money on
his next visit. I'll tell you what I am
going to do," said the logger. Next
time I come to town am going to buy
a new suit Of clothes, some boots, a
mackinaw and some new blankets
The captain says that this answer is
typical of the answers of many other
loggers who might be questioned.
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CpnlpetatlCe
4, Notes .
FOLLY OF NATIONS.

In an address at London university
before the Child Study association on
Serving the Future, DR.. G. w.
Saleeby, an eminent English scientist,
stated that he had it on the highest
authority that the increase in infant
mortality since the war began was al
most entirely due to the fact that
mothers had been drinking more alco-
hol-had, in fact, been using to kill
the future the money given by the ma
tion to save the future. "People do
not realize the doctor declared, "how
much of the finest food is being de-
stroyed to make poison. 1t is the mad
dest thing you can Imagine! There
are not enough ships to carry our com
merce, yet many ships are being used
TO bring to these shores the material
for making poison that our mothers
may buy at the corner Of the street.
To illustrate the national need of
caring for children in their earliest
years, Doctor Saleeby remarked that
during the past II months the army
had been rejecting immense numbers
of damaged men, who We're really
uullaSeu as long ago us Io'o-or. 'ei :
many had been having the same diff
Guilty, but in her case it was even
more serious. That country, he said,
was now paying for her characteristic
militarist neglect of the mother ard
the child, for it was certain that a
high rate of infant deaths meant n
proportionately high rate of dam
aged" or unfit men.
The Ordway new era., 1916-07-28
CITIES ENFORCE DRY LAW.

'It used to be all very WELL" says
the Spokane (Wash) Chronicle, ''to
say that prohibition is good enough
for the rubes, but it won't go in the
cities Now things have swung
around to such an extent that the
larger municipalities are among the
leaders in the dry movement. Seven
ty-one cities, ranging from $4,000 to
$4,000 population are now listed as
dry and with the dry law as well en-
forced as other laws. Seven wet
states contain dry cities Of more than
$4,000 population. There are 10 dry
states, and the Nations Going Dry
all too soon to please the saloonatics."
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Some tnducement.

"You know Mrs. Terror, whose hus-
band fell into the river the other day?"
interrogated Jones.
YES: IL regular virago," said Smith.
"Well, she has offered twenty
pounds reward for his body re-
marked Jones.
And yet she hadn't good word
to say for him when he was alive"
AYE" acquiesced Jones; "but you
mustn't forget that he wore, gold
watch and chain and two diamond
rings"
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Wise Precaution.

Mrs. Jones was about to go away
for couple of weeks, and her hus-
band said to her:
My dear. 1 want to ask you one
favor before you CO."
"What is it?" questioned Mrs. Jones.
'Dont try TO put the house in order
before you co. replied Jones.
'Why, it isn't hard work." contin-
ucd Mrs. Jones.
perhaps not" replied Jones, "but
think of the expense of telegraphing to
you every time I want to find any
thing"
The Ordway new era., 1916-07-28
Overrefinement.

William Dean Howels, the novelist,
was talking about poet.
His work is overretined, overdeli-
cate, overnice," he said.
''In short, his work reminds me Of
the young husband who said to his
bride. at the end of the honeymoon:
"Darling, I'll have to leave you ev-
cry morning hereafter to go to busi-
ness; but. to make the parting less
abrupt, I'll no longer take the 8 10
express. as l used to do-Tll take the
S 30 slow accommodation
The Ordway new era., 1916-07-28
TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES

Adders are most irritable just after
covering from Information, and their
,es then are perilous.
we've field parties will continue
y year the government survey OF
mineral resources of Alaska.
Meeria has been added to the lands
which valuable depostts q coal
ve been discovered III recent yearA
sniladelphIa scAoolchildfsn, By con-
oauns pennies, havs saAowed I bed
hospital o. ce1noanl1Io o1xss ,ssSAA u
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Before. The American investment in
hhe hog business represents some $780,
DOO,OOO, the number of hogs on the
Farms last year being 81 1,OOO,OOO; yet
There is no other animal which suf-
|ters such tremendous loss from dis
fase-through hog cholera.
1t is estimated that the loss of
pork last year through this disease
peached the enormous total of $4,000
|fyery man, woman, and child In the
Cnited States-a net loss of some $780,
wOOOD. Moreover, this great loss Is
by no means exceptional. The loss
For the year following the one thus
Estimated will be greater. it Is be-
eycd, by perhaps S2O,OOO,000 or $780,
OoOO0. while as far back rs 1897 the
loss was stated by the federal bu-
fcau Of animal industry to be not far
from Sl0000O,OOO for that year.
The strange thing is that the cause
pt hog cholera has been definitely de-
lermined and specific, an almost in
lallible remedy, has been discovered,
put that little has been done toward
Employing it.
When hog cholera strikes a drove
hogs it usually sweeps through 1t
Ike whirlwind killing in period
pr 10 or 20 days from 50 to 95 per
fent of the drove. When the remedy,
rather preventive treatment is ap-
Piled, the loss is reduced to less than
per cent.
In presenting these facts, Senator
Kenyon was principally quoting our
wn department of agriculture, which,
1t has done anything. has studied
ne American hog; SO that his author
y may be considered exceptionally
|ood. The Iowa senator won out
ahdsomely, for congress passed his
I'LL apprOpriating $5OO,OOO to enable
ne secretary Of agriculture to pro-
eed with the stamping out of the dis
ase, and the work has been begun
ith enthusiasm by the department of
srculture.
An absolute preventive has been
ouhd for the universal hog cholera,
serum developed by DIR. NJ. Dorset,
practical scientist in the depart
ieht of agriculture, which MS surely
reVents cholera in hogs as the bet
known serum in typhoid or the
accine of smallpox, or antitoxin Of
'phtheria prevents those diseases in
htman family. Doctor Dorset has
utehted his priceless process and has
resented 1t to the people of the Unit
states. 1t has been tried out with
most gratifying results.
control of hog cholera by the use Of
It Dorset serum, as practiced by the
partment of agriculture, and the
ote progressive of the hog-raising
ta'es, presents one of the most in
esnng examples of the results of
,ehuhc research. The hog cholera
IN is SO small rs to be invisible un-
tne most powerful microscope.
'at II Is germ has been determined
ny by actual experiments in in
'u'atlns healthy hogs with the
The Ordway new era., 1916-07-28

rhe first class of Chinese students
.-a,ned TO read their own language ny
..aans NJ the newlyinvented alphabet
was graduated In March.
Although situated in the heart OF
the Midland coal field. Nottingham,
england, is experiencing serious Goa.
famine chiefly due to scarcity OF
mine laborers. w !.
Expsriments In the PMmpplnes S ~
crossing native tobacco with COZ
n ,,syficIt variety have produced q 70
1900 selling for more than twice ne
price Of tlse, natlye.
The Ordway new era., 1916-07-28
NoNUNION WHISKY.

Ninety-four per cent of the whisky
made in the United States is made by
the whisky trust. Whisky is made by
nonunion labor, paid only $9.19 per
week, according to United States bu-
reau of census reports. The hours Of
labor range from 10 to II per day.
Out of 500 paid for whisky at manu-
facturer's price only $2OS goes back
to the wage earners who made the
whisky.
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blood of cholera diseased animals.
The anticlolera serum which is in
jected into healthy hogs to render
them immune Is obtained by taking
n naturally immune hog, or one which
has recovered from cholera, and IN
jecting into its circulation some blood
from Il hog suffering from bad case
Of cholera. Outwnrdly this treatment
affects the immune hog only slightly !;
it does not give it cholera, but 1t
makes the animal still more highly
immune-hyper-imm This hyper
immune hog is then bled several times
from its tail and finally from the
carotid artery which results in the
death of the animal. From the large
amount of blood thus obtained the
anticholera serum is made, and when
this is injected into an ordinary hog
it renders it cholera proof without,
however, affecting the animal. The
immunity lasts only few weeks, but
an interesting and highly important
phase of the work whereby the hog
is made immune against cholera for
the rest of its life consists in the in
lection of some blood from cholera
sick hog.
This double injection, then, keeps
the animal from having hog cholera
and Mt the same time makes him per-
manentIy immune The same results
are affected, if the hog Immediately
oftcr being innoculated with the
serum, is exposed to other hogs suffer-
ing from hog cholera. All or whlch
indicates the fact that n large amount
Of careful experimentation has been
undertaken by the bureau or animal
industry of the department OF agrl-
culture.
With such devastating disease as
hog cholera prevalent throughout the
entire country it follows that many
remedies and of late many hog cholera
serums have appeared upon the mar
ket The frauds and grafters nave
reaped golden harvest through tAe
sale of their worthless and even dan
garons concoctions. In order to pre-.
vop+ tbe manufacture and sale OF
tbese fake remedies, a bill has beeh
introduced prohibiting the Interstate
sh,nment of any hog cholera serums
which are not approved by the depart
ment of agriculture.
where the government serum mas
heen used, however, the records snow
thot the percentagc Of loss is almost
r,otb,ny---less than per cent. tNen
in badly afflicted droves the treatmen. eha
hos saved large proportion OF the
hogs and has many times paid lot IL
Not only does hog cholera cause ,ne
,,.oot loss of billion pounds OF porhs'
hmt beef production is tremendously
and directly affected thereby, = - tho re.
states the cattle industry anu 'n' -
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SALOONS AND TAXES.

The report of one Of Uncle Sans
departments completely smashes the
contention of the vets that saloons
lower taxes. The report shows that
the general property tax collected in
prohibition states is $10.12 per capita,
in near-prohibition states $11.08, in
states partially under license 1922
per capita, and in wholly license states
$16.9s.
The Ordway new era., 1916-07-28
Endorsement Guaranteed.

"Of course you have an echo some
where around the place." said Miss
Cayenne.
IA number Of them," replied the ho-
tel man. "Shall direct you to themf'
II don't want one for myself. There
is n man In the party who insists on
being absolutely agreed. with every
time he says a word"
The Ordway new era., 1916-07-28
,rterviews That Never Happened.

"Hayen't you ever found yourself
ouoted In print as saying something
that had never entered your mind?"
greuuently." replied Senator Sor-
p,,,,m. ~ couldn't possibly think up
ali the timely and amusing anecdotes
which the writers have SO lavishly at
tributed to me-"
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NOT plscERN.HLE.

Walter r. johnson, an American avt-
ator expert, after spending six months
in Russia, or near there, watching for
submarines in the Black sea, told re-
porters that he could detect subs
marines $50 feet under water while he
was 5000 feet above 1t, but that he had
not been able to see drunken man in
Russia anywhere.
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lmNp,,alp,abiiIty.

.No fancy equipment these days!"
remarked the observing bystander.
aNo." !" replied the recruit; mot fan-
~. Merely Imaginary. !.
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GAINING POPULARITY.
At the rate the country b going dry.
The water wagon VIII soon be ~ pcpu.
lar - the aut6mobsls. -lpxehaAge.
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Here is a sound talk to
our farmer readers about
eradicating the disease
the government IS max
ing a noteworthy effort
to help persons who
use scientific methods.

ENATOR Kenyon of
Iowa, has been waging
a great fight in behalf
of the American hog,
which 1t seems passing
strange, in view Of the
amazing array of facts
which the senator has
presented, has not been
undertaken by ANYBODY
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and inhuman motives, and, on the 9TH
er hand, against allowing the exertions
to result in injuries, whether persona!
or economical
The Spectator., 1916-03-21
Mrs. Cradine Gam
 mage Gives Recital
National w. C. T. U. Organ izer Gave Interesting Lecture at Methodist Church Sun. day Morning.

Mrs. Gradine Gamm ge, known to Ozark citizens as Miss Dixie Dee, she having given a lecture here while under that name some two or three years ago, National Organizer for the Women's Christian Temperance Union. gave a recital at the Methodist church Sunday morn- ing to a well filled house. Mrs. Gammage lectured for about an hour on the prohibition law of Ar kansas. She is a forceful speaker and her utterances were inspiring and uplifting.
 Mrs. Gammage's home is in Tucson. Arizona. but for several years she has devoted her entire time to the field of featuring. Her husband is also connected With the National w. C. T. U.
 Members of the Christian church Sunday came to the Methodist church in a body to hear the speaker. She told of how she had given a beautiful home, automobile, etc.. for the cause of prohibition and how successful she and her husband had beeu since they first started in the work.
 Mrs. Gammage was the guest of Mir. and Mrs. D. M. McGraw of Altus, while in this part of the county. Mrs. McGraw brought her to Ozark Sunday l morning in the latter's car to fill the appointment here. Several other appointments were filled Saturday night and Sunday in Franklin county.
The Spectator., 1916-03-21
One Killed; Seven
 Hurt in Wreck
Fast Moving Hand Cars Col lide Near Ozark Friday Ev- ening w it h Serious Re- suits.

Friday evening about 2 o'clock as the extra gang was going in from the days labor on the Iron Mountain railway between Ozark and Altus one hand car jumped the track and was run into by another which resulted in the death of Tom Moss. a negro, and several others, negroes. were more or less injured.
 It seems that the hands, were a little late and were trying to make all the speed possible. There were eight men on each car. mostly negroes. who were developing all the power possible to increase the speed. It is supposed that the heavy power exerted combined with the mo- mentum of the car was respon- sible for the car being derailed. This car was closely followed by another car coming at high speed which crashed into the one already off the rails.
 Moss, the man who was killed, was prepared for burial and his remains were held here until word could reach his relatives at Vian. Oklahoma, who wired back that they would be unable to meet expenses of burial there and instructions were given for his interment here. The seven occupants of the cars who were injured were rushed to the rail- road hospital at Fort Smith on
The Spectator., 1916-03-21
Ex-Confederate Sol-
 diers to Organize
Meeting of Civil War Veterans Will be Held in Ozark lst Saturday in May; County Reunion Planned.

Jim Hail, one of the boys of "61," was up from Altus Mon- day and was a pleasant caller at The Spectator office.
 According to Mir. Hail. tenta- tive plans are on foot to com plete an organization for the purpose of holding an Ex-Con. federate reunion in Franklin county this fall.
 It is understood that a meet. ing has been called for Saturday May 9th. for the purpose of per- fecting plans for the organiza- tion and it hoped that every one of the boys" will be in attend ance.
 It will also be decided at this meeting at what place the reunion will be held, it being likely that Ozark will be named as the most logical point.
The Spectator., 1916-03-21
Voet Rummage h.
 jured in Smashup
Broken Bones and Other h. juries Sustained When Car was Derailed Early Monday Morning.

Voet Rummage, a section hand on the Iron Mountain railway was seriously injured and three or four others sustained minor injuries Monday morning about 8:30 o'clock while he and the re- mainder of Foreman Powell's crew of workmen were coasting down the grade near the Slate cut, about three miles east of Ozark.
 As stated to a Spectator rep resentative, the party of section men were coasting along at a good rate when Rummage lost his balance and fell. alighting on the rails directly in front of the car with the result that several bones were broken and other injuries sustained.
 He was brought back to town on the hand car and was remov- ed to the railroad hospital at Fort Smith Monday morning on the "dinky." The local company physician, Dr. Thos. Douglass, accompanied him. returning that afternoon.
 Three other occupants of the hand car were also sent to the hospital.