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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-11
NOTICE TO nIDnERs

Senled proposals will he received ot
the office OF the Board OF Education Of
oklahoma city, Okla. until noon on the
goth day OF October, 1916. for the Alter
ntons OF toilet rooms. Eugene Field school
ms shown On the plans aud called for in
the specifications furnished by I.a,tou
4 smith. architects 10l Majestic Rlds
Oklahoma City okla. Bids must be- nr-
companied by certified check Of lu per-
cent ~ tho amount ot the hid to bc for
feitcd as assessed and lquidatcd damages
in case bidder fails. noglfcts or refuses
to comply with the agreements OF the
bid Plans and specifications can be sc
cured ~ the office Of the architects The
Board OF Education reserves the right ia
reject any and all bids.
II. NJ FAiREY, Clerk
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-11
OKLAHOMA CITY TIMES. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER II, 1916
LOANS. REAL ESTATE SECURITY.
In Answering Ads. Please Mention Times.

PRIVATE MONEY on improved city
property loans closed promptly: no
red tape
AuRELIUs- SWANSON co.
Walnut lhs Trnth Fioor State Net1
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-11
CITY REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
In Answering Ada Please Mention Time.

ROOMS moderu. North Francis
price" $3.50, suall payment
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-11
REAL ESTATE TO TRADE.

THREE 5-acr" tracts. close In. worth tho
money Graham 4 Uotbs4t goo In
suranCe Hldg Maple 2lG7
l5.AtRE farm close 10 town. will eN-
change for ear. must b" lu good condl-
ton. e T.. i'm, brakes 1rock, Ark
FARM improved, Missouri also one In
Alabama. clear want business or in
come HaycS Grnvette. Ark
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-11
ICELAND HAS MORE BOOKS
PER CAPITA THAN EUROPE
Island Without Public Debt and All
Higher Education Is Free
for Everybody.
Copyright.

NNSHlNGION-"Whilc consider
able interest was manifested IN the
arrival OF an lcelandic vessel IN the
harhor Of New York recently the I'M.
poftanoc oi the event va, sentimental
rather than commercially SAWS a huilc,
TN issued Iy the National Geographic
society ~ hearty welcome was TX
tended to the ISLANDERS whose home is
'on the fringe OF the Arctic circle. but
the cordlally oi their reception was
due 20 the fac, that their vessel was
one Of the lew to arrive in this coun-
try from that land since the days OF
Left the Lucky. aud not 10 any high
expectations OF trade possibilities idr
Iceland with rs more than 10000
SQUARE mile, and a >cant population
OF scarcely more than two persons the
the mile. send, most oi her mcagcr cN.
ports. valued al SlOo00ol a wear, To
Denmark, and also buy, most OF her
Sj750OOO imports from that mother
. country
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-11

tclhgtn, people. Indeed, it has been
estimated that III proportion TO It's pop
ulation more books and papers are
printed and read in this partly frozen
island than in any country Of conti-
mental Europe
When the Scandinavian sea rovcrs
discovered iceland about the middle OF
the ninth century they found small
colony OF Irish Culdees in possession.
During the succeeding century and a
hall there was a strong wave OF i'm
mlgtation TO the bleak island, and in
badition TO the Morse nobfts and the
viking, there came Queer Aud, widow
VI OLAF the White, king of Dublin,
and numerous followers Trade with
the island underwent many cycles in
succeeding centuries, being confined
first to Norway, then with the snug
Cling merchants OF Bristol, England,
and later the Hanseatio towns of Ger
many. Finally, Denmark established a
governmental monopoly which was in
force until l7&d when all Danish sub
lccts were permitted to enjoy trade
relations The lslahd was opened To
all uationaliticS in 1854. and twenty
wear, later. when the Danes granted
local government to the Icelandcrs,
commercial life received a strong i'm.
pe,us.
Fisheries Important
The chief industries OF Iceland are
ca.lle-brccding and fishing. the lat
! ter activity having had a remarkable
growth in the last lew years Herring
which cohttituted the sole cargo 81 the
ship which arrived in New York re.
Gently, i, one @. the principle products
of the ncighbor,ng seas. hut cod ana'
traln-ol and the salmon fisheries arc
also considerable Other exports arc
1--we sheep, salt meat, elderdown. WOOL
and hides Imports include salt. cc-
reals metal ware, coal and various
manufactured articles Owing to the
long winters which are extremely Sc
we're. the islanders lind ample time to
devote TO spinning, weaving and knit
ting at home and the tweed which they
make Is the chici material used for
at the island, whete the capital and
clothing Tourists, however lind oil
skins invaluable as the climate is ex-
rraordnarly damp in the southern halt
principal city Rcyklavik, is situated.
: population about l2W0).
Tendency to Stay at Home.
Many Icelanders emigrated to
America from 1872 to 1900 and several
thrifty colonies have been established
/ in Manitoba but during the last dec
ade there has been decided ten
dency to stay at home Under
It's own legislature tAlthingl. which
has ~ members elected by household
suffrage and six appointed by the king
OF Denmark, the island is apparently
f, prospering, for there is no public debt,
and no contribution is required for
military or naval purposes The i'm
port taxes are few-on tobacco. sugS%s
coffee and spiritS-and these are not
burdcnSomc All higher education is
free The annual expenses Of the gov
crnmcnt do not exceed Sl7S0O0.
With a length OF nearly 800 miles
and width slightly less than NO
miles there are no railroads on the
island and PRACTICALLY all Transports
tion is confined to horseback the trails
being narrow and rough The habi,a-
blc regions oi the country are practi-
cally confined to the lowlandS which
embrace not more than one neiourteenth
OF the total area
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-11
Leads in Education

The fact that Iceland i, so seldom
visited BY tourist, and {, almost a
terra incognlo' 10 American traders
has caused false impression to Oh
tain in this country concerning its
sombte but on the whole highly in
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-11

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
In Answering Ads. Please Mention Times.
WANTED Two s-foot show cases; must
be cheap and good condition. w. H.
Hillinrd, sulphur. Okla.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-11
CATTLE AND STOCK.
In Answering Ad. Please Mention Timr.

fOR SALE Fine pcdilrced Jersey coN
cheap tuherculin tested " Rud-
land ites East I'M So Wal 7st2-J
ron sALE--Nice spotted shetland pouies.
". . Young. Bcutonyillc, Ark
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15
DRIVES AWAY
 HEADACHE
Rub MuStePOIe on Forehead
 and Temples

A headache remedy without the danger of headache medicine" Re Heves headache and that miserable feeling from cold or congestion And it acts at once! MUSTEROLE is a clean, white ointment made with oil of mustard. Better than a. mustard plaster and does not blister Used only externally, and in no way can affect stomach and heart, as some internal medicines do.
 Best for Sore Throat, Bronchitis, Group, Stiff Neck, Asthma, Neuralgia, Congestion, PIeurisy, Rheumatism, Lumbago, all Pains and Aches of the Back or joints, Sprins, Sore Muscles, Bruises, Chi1b1ains, Frosted Feet Colds of the Chest Git often prevents Pneumonia).
 At your druggists, in 25c and soc jars. and a special large hospital size for $2.50.
 Bes ure you get the genuine MUS TEROLE. Refuse-imitation what you ask for The MusteroIe Company, Cleveland, Ohio.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15

own high priced land must produce more from every acre, If they aye to realize a profitable return from their farms. Hit-or-rniss farming methods will no longer pay. Intensive meth ods must take the place of extensive methods more generally. Every fac tor in son1 improvement and crop pro- auction should be considered by the farmer who wishes to prodtably con duet his farming business in a busi- nesslike manner. Fertilizers have 8 definite place in soil improvement and crop production
 Worlds Champion Wrestler is 8 Good
 Farmer.
 Frank A. Gotch, champion heavy weight wrestler of the world, and practical farmer of Humboldt, Iowa, believes in the kind of farming that makes better soils, increased yields and greater certainty of profits. He explains that 'tno farm lands, how ever rich, can be kept up if it is mined rather than farmed, and it would be a short-sighted policy indeed if I went ahead robbing the soil of elements of fertility which I did not return to it. His farm shows that he has been practicing what he preach es, and his yields of corn from 100 acres last year were over 75 bushels per acre and his oats ran from. 60 to 65 bushels per acre.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15

of over HOO acres, of which 125 to 250 acres is seeded to grass each year. Two years ago. he secured 100 tons of hay from 30 acres during a very dry season, through feeding his crops with quickly available fertilizer, while his neighbors who did not follow his lead failed almost entirely with their hay crop.
 1916 Boys and Girls Work in New
 England.
 Hang the ribbon upon the boy, not upon the prize hog or colt that he raises. Give the boys and girls the Knowledge that they are doing the merit winning and that upon them de- bends the future of the American democracy" is the way O. H. Ben son, of the U. S. Department of Agri- culture believes in conducting corn clubs and other contest work. The story of Dewey Hanes, Hoyt Quinby, Jerry Moore, Lawrence K. Estes, Isa- dore M. Horin and the other winners in various states have been published through out the country, because they have showed the farmers how larger yields per acre can be obtained by bet ter methods of farming.
 Enect of Legumes On Following
 Crops.
 That it is as easy to grow 45 to 60
  CT or alfalfa crop as, it is to grow 30 to 35 bushels per acre after a. corn or oat crop throughout the corn belt, is shown by the records of the U. s. De- pertinent of Agriculture. Records show an average difference in yield from 34.5 bushels to 68.2 bushels per acre when the land was seeded to and planted to corn. The additional humus in the soil, if supplemented with fertilizer to correct the defcien- cies in the soil and provide for the needs of the corn crop, will make greater production per acre and greater profits for the farmer.
 Margin of Profit With Potatoes.
 The margin of profit on fertilizers used is greater with potatoes than There is often found among farmers a belief that the use of fertilizers helps to exhaust the land. They have seen land go down where small quantities of fertilizer per acre had been used without attention to keep ing up the organic matter. Both are valuable when rightly used. Neither can fully replace the other. Organic matter makes the soil more whole some for the growing crop, keeps it in shape to supply plenty of water and increases the plantfood supply. The use of a fertilizer for potatoes is to supply the growing crop with aLddi- tional p1antfood in a form so easily digestibIe that it will use more than it otherwise would and so make a larger yfe1d.-Dante1 Dean, in Rural New Yorker.
 Farm Land Values Increasing Rapidly
 The value of farm lands is increas- ing at the rate of about five per cent: per year or approximately $2 per acre per year. The average value of farm lands in the United States without inn provements is estimated at s45.55 per acre, as compared with $4O.S5 a year ago, $3240 in 1910. and $15.57 per acre in 1900, according to the govern ment experts The increase in land values will tend to increase the eff ciency of farming meth ods- Men who
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15
STOMACH UPSET?
Get At the Real Cause-Take
 Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets.

That's what thousands of stomach sufferers are doing now. Instead of aJIing tonics, or trying to patch up a moor digestion, they are attacking the real cause of the ailnent-cIoREed liver and disordered bowels.
 pr. Edwards Olive Tablets arouse +he liver in a soothing, healing vvs.y when the liver and bowels are peT- forming their natural functions. away goes indigestion and stomach troU- bles.
 mouth, tongue coated, appetite poor lazy don't-care feeling no am mbitfon ar energy, troubled with undigesred food. you should take Olive Tablets fine substitute for calomel.
 Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets are a purely vegetable compound mixed with Olive oil. You will know them by their olive color. They do the work without griping, cramps or pain.
 Take one or two at bedtime for quick relief, so you can eat what you like. At 1oc and 25c per box All druggists. The Olive Tablet Com pany, Columbus O.-AdEs
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15
FBRDNX BOY IS
 CROWNED KING
 OF 5000 PAPERS
While Throngs Cheer at His Coronation John Ryan
 Sleeps.

John the Perfect stuck his thum b i in his mouth, leaned his downy head on his nurses shoulder. and went calmly off to sleep. About him the brass band was pounding it's farewell to King Baby, hundreds of New York CTS out to do honor to his majesty in Thursdays baby parade in New York city raised theifovoices in loyal cheers and 200 automobiles tootkd their ad- oration. But John Ryan, of The i Bronx, showed himself to be possessed [ of a nervous system proof against the ! city sA noises and of a character proof against vaingloriousness.
 There certainly had been enough to turn the head of any baby less per feet. First was the gold cup, pre- Esented on the steps of the city hall, in the presence of a dozen moving pie Eture men and many important per sonages of the Mayors Baby Week 1committee- Then Mrs. Theodore ffK ooseve1t, Jr., pinned on Johns sturdy little breast the gold bowknot pin and Ethe huge rosettes of yellow ribbon (which represented, the admiration of I&he suffragists of New York for fat fbabies-
 Tn the absence of Mayor Mitchell, lDr- Alfred E. Shipley did the oratori- cal honors for the city fathers. Mrs. kIVVilIiam Randolph Hearst presented En1aster John with his $25O gold cup. IDr. s. Josephine Baker and Dr. Louis iLAgar, of Brooklyn, and Dr. Ira s. EFWi1e assisted in distributing prizes to 1.-the twelve other prize-winning in Ifants- Manhattan had four prize lrwfnners- Giacoinovia, 40 IRfonroe street; George Henderson, lA02 East Fifty-eighth street; Arthur ldeI ColIe. 342 East 18th street, and lElizabeth Welch, Columbus avenue land Sixtieth street. The Bronx was Eglorified by Walter William Woilus, who is almost as perfect as John Ryan
 Brooklyn had four prize winners <Anna. Hennessey, Joseph Grunder, fsAlice Gladstone and Phyllis Castor. 4For Queens, Everett Meeks, of Col f1ege Point, carried off the gold med Eal and little Virginia Seymour, of kStaten Island. won the honors for EH7ichmond, though she had a cold. land couldn't come to receive her med ta1 in person.
 After the prizes had sbeen distribut- ed the babies were led away to a milk station, where a collation was serv- ed At 1 o'clock the grand parade lstarted from Irving Place and Eff Eteenth street At it's head, in a dec Forated automobile, rode Miss Johan- Ina Wiggers. the prize-w1nning baby of ENew York two years ago After her, waving their arms or red balloons, or their fathers hats, came the 5000 bae- Fbies who entered the contests two ESweeks ago, most of whom registered
 deep disgust as they came opposite the moving picture cameras.
 There were many decorated floats
 covered with spring flowers and bright
 ribbons One bore a giant milk bot
 tie, twenty feet high. drawn by eight
 mi1kwhite horses and displaying a Dig sign, "Preparedness-Bett Ba-
 bies-'' The Bowling Green Neigh bor-
 hood association had a. float with a mother and child surrounded by the
 children of -27 nationalities who in
 habit the Bowling. Green district, all in the costume of their native lands
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15
CHINESE LABOR
 MAY REPLACE
 MEN AT FRONT
Frances Experiment so Sue cessful Its Use May
 Be Extended.

7 Paris, May i13-Fhe experiment. made in France with Chinese labor to replace men withdrawn from fac tory and farm work by the war has been so helpful from an economic point of view to incite an extension of the experiment. The senate army committee has reported favorably up- on a proposition to employ labor from I rance's Chinese colonies of Annam, Cochin-China and Tonkin, in all in dustries working for the government and in the fields wherever farm help is needed. Fifty thousand Annamites altogether are either at work in France or waiting in French ports to be sent Ito destination, or the way.
 The senate committee proposes to bring 100000 more Chinese. The North African colony of Algeria and rocco, it is pointed out by Henry Berenger,sa leading member of the ar my committee, are able to furnish 100000 Berberes and Kabylie work men, while 30, ,00O at e1ast could be drawn from Madagascar. With the 2S0, ,000 colonial soldiers incorporated in the French army since August 1914, these 280,00O Workmen would bring up to 560,oO0 the number of Chinese Arabs, Berberes and Kabylies brought to France by the war.
 The social consequences Of this
 
 have not apparently pre-occupied either the members of the committee of the army that has been studying the question or the general public. The 5o,00O Chinese, whose utilization is already provided for, come to France under a contract for three years, which stipu1ates that after the war is over these oriental workmen may be employed in any other colon ia1 possession outside of France. This is the only feature of the experiment suggesting apprehension that, after the war is over, and the necessity for the substitution of imported labor has passed, a social question may arise re- quiring the deportation of the colon ial labor.
 In order to facilitate the execution of their work by the Annamite labor, a special Franco-Chinese school is be- ing founded under the direction of Monsieur Aua1ard, Professor in the Faculty of Letters at the Sorbonne, on plans furnished by Messrs Tasi Yum Pei, former Minister of Public Instruc- ton in Annam, and Lo Yu Ying, an engineer from Annarn, who have cho- sen score of. Annanites from the con tingent already arrived to serve as fin- terpreters and instructors , The school has been established in the Rue Bonaparte in Paris, and since the beginning of the month of April the Chinese have been working hard at the learning of French, particular ly Sufficient mathematics to keep the simplest accounts. Their progress is said to be prodigious, and it is thought that two months will suffice for the quickest pupils to acquire a sufficient knowledge of elementary French to taach their compatriots all they need to know.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15
DIED,

Danbury, May 2, Jas.
 V. Anthony. aged so years. SELLECK-In Monroe, May T, Wilbur
 F. Se1leck, aged 76 years ELiLIOTT-Tn Stamford, May 8, Ann
 Abbott, widow of James Elliott, in
 the 80th year of her age. HYNES-At Stamford. May g, Mary,
 widow of Bartholomew Hynes. KARL-In Iitchfeld, May 8, Frede- trick R. Karl, aged 25. PECK-In Torringto@. May ', John : L. Peck, aged 56. McKENzIE-I New Canaan. May 6,
 M. s. Mckenzie.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15

Would you kindly tell me something about the Black forest of Baden2
 The name has long been given to a mountainous region in the eastern part of Baden and western part of Wurt- Rhine and the Neckar. Of It's entire area of 1,S44i square miles two-thirds lies in Baden and one-third in Wurt- temberg. It is for the most part heaY- fly wooded and has lofty mountain ranges, beautiful productive valleys, manufacturing towns, mineral springs and watering places and attractive scenery. The forests are mainly of beech and oak and these, crowned on mountain sides with forests of fir. give the locality it's name It has figured largely in romance and tradition, which cannot be gone into here.
 What is the population of Mexico and how many Indians are there in Mexico? The population of Mexico is 15,OOO,- GOO, divided as follows: Full bIooded Indians, 8,OoO.Ooo; Mestizos (white and Indian), 100000; creoIes (white ot Spanish descent), 1,sOOO0O. The rest of the 15OOo,OOO is made up of Ameri- cans and Europeans 600, O,OOO) and ''Zambos," mulattoes and negroes.
 Where was the first English newspa- per published?
 At Oxford, England. The Oxford Gazette appeared in 1865.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15

Harry and William Baff, sons of Barnett Baffs the poultry dealer who was murdered, surrendered at the sheriffs office in answer to, an order for arrest.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15

How long was the income tax law of civil war times in force, and how much revenue did it produce?
 The act was passed July 1, 1862, with an exemption of $500, tax of per cent on all incomes between $500 and $1O,OOO and no tax over $10,OOO. The act of July 1, 1862, taxed incomes over $1O,OOO per cent; an act of March g., 1865, taxed incomes between $500 and not over $5,OOO 5 per cent; an act of March 8, 1865, taxed all incomes over $5,OOO per cent; an act of March 2, 1867, taxed all incomes over 1000 5 per cent; an act of July IA, 1870, taxed all incomes over $2,O0O 21a per cent. The total amount of revenue under these acts, from 1863 to 1877 inclusive, was $346, ,90S, TAO, the largest amount in any one year being $72,982, ,160 ill 1866. The revenue from the income tax was $66,O14, ,429 in 1867, $41 ,455,- 599 in 1868, $34, ,791, ,957 in 1869, $37,- 775,S72 in 1870, and then it went down ward rapidly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15

The Detroit American league base ball club announced the release of Catcher Ray Mckee and fnfie4der Geo. Maise1 to the International league.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15

When did the government begin to coin silver money? What were the first coins issued?
 An act of congress passed in 1792 authorized the coinage of the silver dollar, half dollar, quarter dollar, dime and half dime. It took some time to get ready, and the coinage of silver dollars, half dollars and half dimes begaz in 1794. The dime was not coined till 1796, and the coinage of silver half dimes stopped ill 1873. The silver quarter dollar began to be coin ed in 1796. A silver twenty cent piece was coined fR 1975-8 and then stopped.
 Has the inauguration ceremony of the president of the United states ever included regular church service?
 Only once. At Washington's first in auguration, in 17S9, the congress was sitting in New York, and the inaugu- ration of the president included that of the government itself. This congress was the first one assembled under the constitution. and the committee ap- pointed to arrange the ceremony Of 1n- auguration recommended ''that after the oath shall have been administered to the president he, attended by the vice president and the members or the senate and house of representa- tives, proceed to St. Pauls chapel to hear divine service, to be performed by the chaplain of congress-" Contem- porary accounts of the inauguration show that this part of the program was carried out.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15
BRIEF NEWS. NOTES

President Wilson left Washington for a weekend trip down the Potomac river, on the yacht zMayfower.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15

Three passengers were injured and 15O thrown into a panic in a. wreck or the Staten Island Rapid Transit Rail road. The accident occurred at the Canal Street crossing in Stap1eton.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15

After kicking at the high price of food products, some men wonder why Congress is wasting it's time on a ru- FraI credit bill to help the farmer bor- row money for less than 10 per cent.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15

Edward Renz. of the Mohawk Ath- letic club, of New York, wons the 15- mile walk for the cham pionship of New York and New. Jersey at Celtic Park.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15

Perhaps some people, if urged to celebrate "Be Kind to sAn1na1s' Week, g would consent to give their horse 4hree-quarters of enough to eat in stead of only half enough. r