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The Oakes times., 1916-12-28
JAPAN HIT BY HIGH COSTS
increase Of Thirty Per Cent in Al
Kinds Of Commodities.

Toxic. Dec. 26-The high cost OF
living has invaded japan. country
long famed as feeding and clothing
its people on mere pittance.
Estimates were that all kinds OF
foods had increased on an average 80
per cent. Staple commodi. :. daily
necessities which people demand. are
included in the general boost.
The Oakes times., 1916-12-28
LODGE CARDS.
A. =. Z a. N.

A. 2. 4 A. N.
The Ancient Free and Accepted 0Aoone
moot arst and third Monday evenings OF
each month. Visiting membero gladly
=. NAYLoR, ". n.
The Oakes times., 1916-12-28

King Christian Of Denmark has
signed the treaty providing for sale
Of the Danish West Indies to the Unit.
ed States.
Both houses Of the Danish parlia.
ment already have passed the neces.
sary acts and the final exchange OF
ratifications will take place in Wash,
ington probably next month
The Oakes times., 1916-12-28

LOTTIE PUFFER
Piano and Violin
Teachers certificate for piano, John
son Music School, Minneapolis, MINI.
One years subsequent work at Uni
versity of Minnesota under Carlyle
n. Scott. Additional work (1916),
Marion Conservatory, Indiana, under
Prof. Owen (Leschetizky's pupil) and
Of Robert Williams in violin at Up
land, Ind. Phone "a.
The Oakes times., 1916-12-28

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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-12-01

and not only does all her troubles come
back on her, but she thinks she is also
developing a peculiar pain in her side.'
Maybe the advertisement give it to
her, Birsky suggested.
"Sure it did," Zapp replied. "This
here irst-to-last-the-truth advertise
ing is driving women to moving pic
lures, Birsky. Another thing is the
way drygoods stores is acting nova
lays. Former times woman buys a
1ress at a drygoods store on April End
and wears it up to and including July
10Th, when she brings it back with
symptoms Of a beefsteak supper, two
weddings and chocolate nut sundae
IN the front panel, Birsky, and for the
next six months she has the time of
her life trying to get a credit check
for it. 1t gives her a fresh interest in
things. Her eyes get bright and her
cheeks is got fresh color in them the
same like an advertisement for a COM
plexion cream before the enactment Of
Section 31416, Subsection A, of the
Penal Code In relations to False and
Misleading Advertising. What is it
nowadays, Birsky? A crepe de chine
dress could have enough soup spilled
on 1t to make it look like MORE We
lour, Birsky, and when a woman re-
turns it with the pleasant expecta-
tons of never being so insulted in her
life, Birsky, before she could even
open her mouth to say Listen = yum
derstand, the floor walker pulls
credit check on her"
"And suppose" Birsky commented,
for the next few days she walks
around looking so downhearted that
whenever her lady-friends see her they
go home and practically throw the
meals at their husbands and gives as
an explanation that they'd like to see
themselves worrying themselves to
death over any man"
well, I'll tell you," Zapp said, "may-
be the drygoods stores is getting done
on their money back guarantees
Birsky, but that's because they are suf-
fering from the fact that people amt
acquainted with up-to-date advertising
idees. Their customers still thinks
that when a drygoods store says:
II anything you buy here proves I'M
satisfactory it will be exchanged or
your money will be refunded
Birsky, ii must be understood that
such a guarantee means:
If anything you buy here proves un-
satisfactory by the evidence of six
uninteresting witnesses which a crack
sr jack A-number-one trial lawyer
couldn't rattle on cross-ex animation,
1t will be exchanged or your money
win be refunded when so ordered by
the Supreme Court OF the United
States or Justice thereof after tho
last appeal gets taken and Judgment
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lowers held a council OF war 10 decide
how to rescue their leader. Finally
Manuel mounted horse and. taking a
circuitous route. rode or with the in
tention of wayiaying Rutledge and Lib
erty Mt bend in the desert trail.
Rutledge anticipated some such
move on the part of the insurrectos
and whispered his suspicious to Lib
erty. "You had better ride on ahead,
my dear" he said. II will take my
chances with Lopez. Try to pick up
Pedro. l am sure he escaped, and II
he did he viii be on the way back by
now with some of the boys"
Two miles down the trail Liberty
thought she heard shot. Rutledge
and Lopez were invisible in the long
sandy hollow behind her.
Liberty had heard a shot. Rutledge.
jogging along with Lopez a few feet
in front of him suddenly felt burn
ing sensation in his right arm.
"Wingedl" Rutledge hastily shifted
his revolver to his left hand. Several
hundred yards to the left crumbling
'dobe shelter gave him an idea. Realiz-
ing that his profusely bleeding wound
might put him at Lopez's mercy In a
few minutes, Rutledge seized the bride
of the latter's horse.
BEAT IT" he ordered. sand beat 1t
quick"
Lopez, glad to escape under any con-
ditions, roweled his mount and slid to
the opposite side in Indian fashion,
fearing that Rutledge would give him
a parting shot. The American, how
ever, cantered slowly to 'dobe hut,
binding his wound on the way with a
bandanna handkerchief. Another shot,
and then score sputted on the walls
OF the hut as Rutledge changed the
metal door shut behind him, leaving his
horse outside.
He knew that either Liberty or
Pedro would be along with help soon.
and in this he was not disappointed
Pedro, with four daring riders, in fact
already was on his way, intent upon
rescuing Bob Rutledge. Meanwhile
the rest of the cavalrymen were riding
ahead to round up the band of insur-
rectos at their desert retreat.
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chant, and zoitenly / TRY to be.
Birsky, l wouldn't advertise my goods
In a paper which also accepts adver-
easements from quack stores, because I
hgure that if a bargain hunter wouldn't
know of an advertised store where he
THINKS he could get a 500 overcoat
for $21, he would go to an advertised
store where he really and truly could
BUY 800 overcoat for 500, or any
now $1,000. So you see, Birsky, CEN
suring advertisements is really for the
benefit of the advertiser and not for
the Teller who reads EN-"
Maybe you're right, Zapp," Birsky
agreed, "aber it don't make no differ
ence how small its circulation would
be, newspaper couldn't overestimate
the foolishness of people that read ad-
vertisements."
Il believe you" Zapp said. "Now
you take me for instance, and / am a
pretty hard proposition. If l see In a
newspaper that l am recommended to
drink sparkling Graperina made from
the juice OF the ripest Illinois grapes, I
take 1t for granted that on the bottle IT
says: The contents of this package is
composed from grape skins grape
stalks, grape boxes and grape barrels,
sweetened with sakkareeno and artif,-
cially colored and carbonated, contains
$40 OF 300 Benzo-boracid acid and
GIL of 1919 somethingate OF soda and
40 alcohol by weight and 1876 by vol
ume.' Also l never fall for advertise
ments of cheap clothing, cheap straw
hats, cut price fuIniture or specials In
watches and jewelry, but when l see
in newspaper:
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Pedro and his men had gone only q
few miles along the trail when they
came upon Liberty, who quickly gasped
out her story to them. In the distance,
even as she talked, they could hear
faint reports.
Popping the last rise which lay be-
tween them and the hollow which
marked the bed of a 'slost" river. thew
saw faint puffs of smoke coming from
the 'dobe hut in which Rutledge had
taken refuge. On the crest of the op-
posite hill came answering puffs.
Lets make for the hut" advised
Pedro. "That's Bob down there"
Bob threw open wide the door of his
refuge.
I'm glad you came" he whispered
family. MY WOUND has made me a
bit sickish."
Liberty rushed to Bob's side and.
tearing her skirt into strips. quickly
bound up her sweethearts bleeding
arm.
The cavalrymen had tethered their
horses and Bob's, which had been
"'put hShi Tic nut, on the size
of the cabin which was protected from
the Mexican bullets. Now the en-
circling movement Of the bandits
threatened the horses.
Pedro and / will make a break"
said Liberty. "Stick it out and we'll
have the cavalry back here in an hour"
A moment later, with bullets flick
ing the sand on all sides of them,
Pedro and Liberty rode madly away.
Liberty's horse whinnied once in
pain, and moment later she felt him
stagger under second shot.
Hes done for" cried Liberty. sand
were done for, too ~
Pedro leaped from his pony, seized
Liberty by the arm and almost threw
her into the saddle of his own mount.
"fll use the dead pony for a breast
works." shouted Pedro. "Ride for your
life. Liberty"
Pedro put the point of his bayonet
into the TANKS of Liberty's mount and
the frothing beast fairly leaped out of
sight with Liberty clinging desperately
to its name.
(END OF NINTH EPISODE.)
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-12-01
B. SCHLEMIEL & CO.

And who would go to work and pay
money to put In paper an advertise
uent like that?" Birsky inquired.
Everybody nowadays" Zapp said.
"They dissent do otherwise, because
what with the Federal and State pure
food laws and newspapers which is pay
ing fellers fifty thousand dollars a year
to Show up advertisers so that no ad-
vertiser would take a chance on ad-
vertising, Birsky, If you want to ad-
vertise your merchandise, y'under-
stand, you've got to tell the truth or
the least that happens you is $4,000
bail on certificate of reasonable
doubts, SO that's the way it goes,
Birsky. Former times lady reads in
the paper
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ledge, unless Pedro gers hack in time
with Winston and the boys
Liberty, waking from her afternoon
siesta, walked to the window of her
cell TO gaze upon the havoc created by
the explosion of the ammunition and
dynamite. Across the sands she saw n
body of Mexicans leading familiar
figure toward the hut which Lopez
made his headquarters.
"Bob Rutledgel" she gasped. as the
figures drew closer.
The bandits halted in front of Lo-
pez's cabin where Liberty could see
and hear everything that passed.
well, my gallant American cap
TAIN" sneered Lopez. 81 suppose you
are after Liberty over there in the
hut?' Lopez pointed to the white
faced girl who peered out from behind
the bars of her prison. well tell me
what want to know and / will let you
go. If you tell me enough. maybe I
will let her go with you. That would
be nice, wouldn't it?"
"Save your wind" replied Rutledge.
Take him out" ordered Lopez.
give him little Mexican inquisition.
And do 1t so that tiger cat over there
can see it," Lopez pointed to Liberty.
who stood white faced with her brow
pressed against the bars of her cell.
Meanwhile Pedro rode madly across
the desert. Toward three O'Clock he
raced down the last sand hill which
separated him from the American en-
campment. Breathlessly he rode up to
Major Winstons tent.
They've got Rutledge, major" he
painted.
Without an instant's hesitation Ma
1or winston seized a bugle that lay on
a camp chair and shrilled out a blast
that brought the entire camp to its
feet. Throwing the bugle to the
ground Winston leaped to his horse
and was OF before his own men had
thrown saddles on their mounts.
Lopez stood to one side as his BAN
dts led Bob out to the wall of a white
washed adobe hut.
Some of you fellows that are handy
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-12-01
LIBERTY
AROMANCE OF
OLD MEXICO
%Lh.vAN LOAN
NOVELIZED FROM THE PHO
TOPLAY SERIAL OF THE
SAME NAME, RELEASED BY
THE UNIVERSAL FILM MAN
UFACTURlNC COMPANY
SYNOPSIS.

Liberty Horton, American heiress and
owner or large Mexican estate, is cap
tured and held for ransom by Juan
Lopez, noted Mexican insurrecto. While
In his camp she overhears a plan to at
tack an American town and army camp.
she escapes with the aid of Pedro, a
faithful servant, and while a rescuing
party. headed by Major Winston, U. s..
army, Captain Rutledge of the Texas
Hangers, who Is in love with her and
manuel Leon, son of her other guardian
stop pursuit, she rides to warn the Amer
lcans, put Is too late and the Mexicans
attack. They are repulsed by American
soldiers that night. Pancho Leon threat
ems Major Winston with exposure of mis-
appropriation OF funds left in his care
to marry his son Manuel The major re-
fuses. Liberty, who has heard the argu-
ment between Pancho and the major
steps INTO the room, and to save the
mayor honor, she agrees to marry Man
ueI hutledge prevents Pedro from kill
ing Manuel. The marriage takes place.
Major Winston. with Rutledge, leaves to
Join the troops, who have, in the mean
time, received orders to cross the line
ana bring back, dead or alive 1.-THE parties
responsible for the Discovery outrage.
Manuel goes to Liberty's room that night
and is watched by Therese. Liberty tells
MIN she Is his wife in name only. AS he
1s leaving, Therese attempts to kill Man
uel. Pedro arrives at the hacienda in
time to hear Therese telling Liberty that
although she is Manuels wife In the ewes
OF the law, in the eyes of God she (Therese)
Is his wife. Pedro confirms this statement
Manuel joins Lopez. Liberty makes a
tempts to e b1nw to Lopez at
Laclnda, but plan is fooled by Liberty
aviator arrives at camp of Major Win
sion with orders to stop invasion pending
rescue Liberty, who with Pedro escapes
into the desert.
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Is confirmed In an action brought for
that purpose, II being understood and
agreed that nothing in this guaran-
zee shall apply to or bind the party
making the same his heirs, executors.
administrators and assigns
Before newspaper accepts an adver-
usement nowadays, ii is censured the
same as an interview with General Jof-
fer, and If an advertisement comes in
from shoe manufacturer with his
picture on it, they send q reporter to
make sure that the Teller is bald like
his photograph claims he is, and il he
isn't they wouldn't print the advertise
ment till the manufacturer comes down
and signs his name in the presence of
the managing editor the art editor.
two prominent clergymen and hand
writing expert.
"Aber what l couldn't understand is !:
Why should manufacturer suppose 1t
helps the sale Of his shoes to advertise
'em NIT a picture Of bald-headed
man, even supposing he does look that
way?" Zapp said.
For that matter, Zapp, my wife's
brother Sig as young Teller used to
rub talcum powder on his upper lip,
because he thought 1t would make
grow for him a mustache like the fell
Ter on the box" Birsky said.
was there any such claim on the
box besides the picture?" Zapp asked.
NO." Birsky said, "but Sig had Just
come over from the old country aud
couldn't read English"
wei, all l could say is he is lucky
he didn't want to raise bald head in
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stead of a mustache," Zapp replied
because he would of been set back a,
least $3.50 for shoes instead of twenty
cents for talcum powder"
"A Teller who thinks he could gee
bald headed by wearing any particular
brand of shoes should ought to get
stuck for $780," Birsky said, never
mind he couldn't read English"
well, that only goes to show how
careful q newspaper should be if IT
doesn't want its readers to be SWIM
died." Zapp said. "Some people which
is too foxy to believe anything they
read in the news section of a newspa-
per gets fooled very easy by advertise
ments. They could read it in the paper
how seals has become so scarce that If
all the seals in existence was divided
up among the inhabitants of the State
OF Kansas there would be only .OOO62
seals to an inhabitant Also they could
see in Sunday paper how the Secre-
tary OF Commerce and Labor gives out
an interview that the United States Is
keeping line Of battleships in Alaska
to prevent poachers from killing seals,
BirskN but that owing to the high
price Of sealskins In New York, the
poachers takes a chance on getting
shot, starved, frozen and drowned and
sometimes catches as many as twenty
eight and a half seals in season,
understand, and yet, Birsky, when a
concern by the name of the Paris and
San Francisco Fur Importing Company
advertises fur overcoats with Baffin
Bay Seal lining and genwine Prussian
Lamb collars at from $3.50 to $21.5O
apiece, them newspaper readers figure
what does Secretary of Commerce
and Labor know about seals anyway"
Maybe they figure that way, and
maybe they figure that the Teller which
Is running the Paris and San Francisco
Fur Importing Company is just some
poor goose that has got ahold of a line
OF seal overcoats and don't know their
real value, Zapp, and never mind If
the Teller WOULD have a wife and
family depending on him, Zapp, that's
HIS lookout If he is fool enough to
let them seal-lined overcoats 90 at
from $3.50 to $21.50, he shouldn't be
In the, fur business if he don't know no
more about furs han that; so they
buy an overcoat off If him, Zapp, Just
to teach him less,, as it We're"
Sometimes they also figure that the
reason why the Paris and San Fran
cisco Fur Importing Company could
sell genwine sealskins at 1899 is that
The overcoats was stolen, Birsky,"
lapp said, so they go to work and buy
EN- on the principle Of what the eye
ion't see it, what is it the hearts bust
less2"
"Then what is the use Of newspapers
protecting them crooks by not printing |
AXE advertisements"
Il don't know, Birsky," Zapp said
In fact, Birsky, amt got no SYM
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pathy for bargain hunter ANYWAY
And quite right too" Birsky said
It's always joke to stick a bargaM
hunter, Zapp, because If he wasn't ont
to stick somebody himself q bargain
hunter wouldn't be bargain hunter
Ihere Is fellers In this town, Iapp.-
ihilllonaires and college gradgewates
which when they talk about auach
stores gets so red In the face tina;
you'd think they was discussing labor
unions, Zapp, and in the very next
breath, understand they'll tell how
they was motoring in the mountains OF
West Virginia and how they come
across log cabin where an old Teller
and his wife was raising a little corn
for living and eating it off broken.
down mahogany table NIT handy legs
club feet and all the other deformities
which turns human being into help
less cripple and table into 81.
600 antique, Zapp. Then they'll tell
you how they bought the table from
the poor mountaineer for $2.35 and
brought II back to New York and had
it polished for $1O3 and sold It TO an
antique dealer for 81 ,275.60; and they
never stop to consider that while =
quack store proprietor may sell a fur
overcoat for $21.50 by representing
that the lining is genwine seal, the gar.
ment probably stands him In as much
as $1,000, reckoning what he paid the
tailor for manufacturing and the s. p
@. A. for the SKINS"
AT the same time, Birsky," Zapp
said, ''if would be a reputable mer
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with your knives show us what Won can
do at long-distance throwing" com.
manded Lopez. "See how thick the
Americans hide u.s."
"Stop It'll"
Lopez wheeled around to find him.
self looking into the barrel of Liberty's
rifle.
"Pancho Lopez" shouted Liberty.
her voice hoarse with determination.
1.-The first knife that is flung at Rut-
ledge means bullet through your mis-
cradle head"
That night there went forth from
Washington the definite order for the
withdrawal of American troops.
Alone Of all the American officers,
Major Winston, leader of the most ad-
vanced outpost, disobeyed orders. With
hundred-odd bronzed cavalrymen fol-
lowing close behind, the late afternoon
of the day Pancho Lopez stood Bob
Rutledge up against whitewashed
'dobe wall, found the grizzled old ma
1or and his troopers still fighting their
way through the desert sand.
I'VE may be too late to get Rut-
ledge alive" declared the Major, "but,
by God, Wen get Lopez and his skunk
colored gang"
Lopez stood irresolute, his hands
raised high in the air while Liberty
continued to point her short-barreled
shotgun at him.
Now, order one of your men to open
the door of this hut" shouted Liberty,
"or I'll blow the few brains you have
out on the sand"
Lopez, knowing well that the Amer
lean girl meant every word, reluctant
ly gave the order. Liberty stepped
forth from the hut.
flake these ropes off Rutledge.7
Liberty then commanded, "and remem-
Der, Lopez, if you or any of your men
make the slightest suspicious move
will let you have the contents of this
gum"
Lopez sullenly unbound Rutledge
and then, upon Liberty's orders, pushed
on ahead, while Rutledge and Liberty
followed, Rutledge covering the Next
can bandits with his rifle and Liberty
with the barrel of her shotgun close
against Lopez ribs.
Immediately after Rutledge, Liberty
and Lopez had disappeared over the
sand dunes on horseback Lopez fol-
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understand, it's all l can do to hold
myself back from ringing up the New
York agent and asking him would he
prefer cash oder certified check"
Yes, Zapp," Blrsky commented.
there's just enough of the rube in
each and every Teller so that sooner or
later, init kidney pills or oitermobiles,
the fake advertiser will get him II he
don't look out"
Or II the newspaper proprietor
don't look for him." Zapp concluded.
Copyright, New York Tribune.l
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<<"<HERE is no more pleasure in
reading advertisements now
adays," said Barnett Zapp,
the waist manufacturer, to Louis Bir-
Sky, the real estater.
why notr Birsky said.
well" Zapp said, "what fun is 1t to
read in paper: