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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-08-07

There was a rumor aflnat yesterday
that the socialist, yopuhlicans an"
that class styling themselves "inde-
pendcnts" were going to combine
forces TO defeat certain regular nomi-
nees Of the Democratic party. That
their object will be futile a. well as
ridiculous is conceded by the think
ing men of the oth'v dominant party
who state that they do not believe
that any great number will affiliate
with the red card brethern. and even
If they did their effort would be hope
lessly lost.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-08-07

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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-08-07

Prom the number Of automobiles
seen un the streets it does not look
to me- az though the people of Ard
more and Carter county were in fnan-
cial distress" remarked Il visitor yes
trrday. II see more machines in this
city than any other place in the state
with possibly two exceptions, and !
note. too. that high priced cars are
numerous" Statistics show that Ard
more has more automobiles than any
other city in the state, with the eN-
csntinn of Oklahoma City and Tulsa.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-04
Are You a Croaker7

A croaker sat on the grumbler's.
bench and croaked that the town was
dead and ne'er did once he lift his
hand to push his town ahead. He.
cursed and swore with all his might.
such a town he ne'er did see-the
times were dull, the stores were bum,
as bum as bum could be. And so he
sat from early morn, each bright and
happy day, and croaked and croaked
with all his might till the summer
passed away. And then one night
while the wind blew cold, when the
winter time had come, he croaked his
last and closed his eyes upon his earth
ly home. But when he reached the
other shore-the city bright and fair,
1t was no good, twas dull and dead, he
ne'er would enter therel And since
there was no other place, to the croak-
er's fate he went, unmOurned by man,
unwept, unsung-none cared a bloom
in cent.-Anon.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-04

stroy the and It will become
a steam system pure and simple.
Choosing Fuel.
For hard coal a deep firebox gives
best results. Hard coal burns slowly
and requires less air than soft coal
or wood, and the deep fire serves as
a check on the air. Soft coal and
wood burn best In a thin layer over a
larger surface, and of course will re-
quire more frequent firing. All-round
steam and hot-water boilers are made
for hard coal. A sectional boiler may
be heightened by adding sections and
the size Of the hrebox be thereby in
creased.
In round hot-water boilers, two
styles are offered; n with a fat
top frebox, and one with water arms.
The one with the fiat top is much
more easily cleaned than the one hav-
Ing water arms, and the heating coil
Is much more easily installed. The
latter style is intended to give more
heating surface in the hrebox, but
this feature is more than offset by
tne advantages mentioned.
In placing any of these heaters the
clean-out doors should not be backed
up against a chimney or partition.
Radiators.
The radiators are of cast or sheet
iron, made up in sections, which may
be placed together to give the re-
quired amount of ~radiating surface.
The standard size is 80 inches high,
three-column, and contains 8 square
feet of radiation per section. A four
column 3S-inch radiator contains s
square feet of radiating surface. They
sell for IS to 20 cents a square foot.
Each radiator has a valve at one end
to cut off the water. In this valve is
a pinhole, through which circulation
will continue and thus prevent freez-
ing when the radiation is cut off. At
the top Of each radiator, at one end,
is an air valve, which must be opened
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-04

cred with asbestos paper to protect
the pipes and to save heat. A damp
err In every pipe and also in the smoke
flue will aid materially in controlling
and distributing heat. Chimney fues
should be 10 by 10 inches or larger.
Hot Water.
A hot-water system is only a slight
elaboration Of the principle. Enlarge
the base to inclose the fire, and re-
duce the size Of the tube or pipe be-
tween the fire and the rooms to be
heated, and make that part of the
circuit in the rooms large, to give
enough r~adiating surface. The main
body, cast in sections for convenience
in handling, is often made quite ir-
regular, in order to expose more sur
face to the fire. Water Is conducted
through a large pipe, from which
smaller pipes connect with n end
of the radiator in each room. The
other end of the radiator is con-
nected to a large return pipe, which
enters the heater at the CRATE level.
This allows for a more rapid circula-
ton than if a single pipe were used
for each radiator.
Allowance must be made for the
expansion Of the water. This is done
by placing an open tank in the attic,
or in a second-loor room above the
top of the highest radiator, and con-
Meeting with the system at some CON
venient point. The system may be
filled through this tank if there is no
pressure system at hand.
This is called the o%pen-tank hot
water system. If the tank were
capped tight, and little or no water
reached the tank, there would be q
quantity of air confined which would
be compressed, because the water In
the heater, pipes and radiators ex-
pands when heated. This is the
closed tank OF semisteam system.
The advantage is a higher tempera-
ture of the water before the boiling
point is reached. The higher tenn
perature will allow of smaller pipes
and smaller radiators, and the prac-
tice is to install a smaller heater
also. The cost of installation will
consequently be less.
Objections to this system are: The
need of safety devices, which may
fail, and harder firing, which requires
more fuel.
VaPor or Vacuum System.
The vapor or vacuum system is a
comparatively recent development. 1t
Is the opposite in principle of the
closed-tank hot-water system as the
air is exhausted from the pipes and
radiators and water stands in the
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-04
HOW TO PLACE BAY WINDOW
This Dwelling Ornament Must Be Put
Properly or It Will Mar Looks
of Your Residence.

Bay windows may add greatly to
the attractiveness of a house, or they
may greatly mar it. They should be
judiciously used and carefully proper
toned.
An attractively detailed bay be-
comes an important feature in the ex-
terror design therefore the interior as
pect should not be the sole considera-
ton.
Too often are otherwise we'll
designed houses marred by bays so
placed as to have a detached appear
ance. A bay, to be right, must SEEM
to have grown to the side of the house.
Single-story bays are more easily
handled than are those of two stories
and may be either square or three
sided. If extending to the sill line
only, they require no foundation, which
is quite an item in the expense, and
for small houses they are extremely
attractive.
The two-story bay requires skillfuR
handling; otherwise it becomes an an
pendage most inharmOnious. 1t should
correspond to the exterior finish of the
houses. A successful treatment for
bays of this description is to extend
the main roof out over the bay.
A clever architect can often accom-
plish a pleasing interior treatment by
grouping windows at the corner of q
room, thus giving to the room the eff
feet of a bay, yet interfering in no way
with the exterior design.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-04

70 HELPS
BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME PLACE
1t Doesn't Cost Much But Adds q
Great Deal to Value of Property
Some Shade-Tree Advice.

Identifying the home place Is one
of the pleasures and duties of every
home lover, Homes that do not re-
fleet in some way the better natures
of their owners are not what they
should be. Home is the place where
we spend the most important part Of
our lives. Homes that are not com
forting to the tired home-maker have
lost all their charm and usefulness,
Homes should be made beautiful to
the eyes as well as comforting to the
body and nerves. If you will look
about you the homes that are the best
in appearance are homes that harbor
gentle people. Homes that are al
lowed to run to ruin are owned by
people who are careless and often
shiftless in their personal habits.
1t is not hard to beautify your home.
1t does not require q lot Of money or
valuable labor. 81 remember seeing
a little dooryard in st. Louis once in
which a few seeds had been planted
says a writer in Farmers Guide. POS
sibly the place was not more thar ten
feet square, but there was such aB
abundance of flowers and grass on
that little dooryard that it gladdened
thousands Of passers-by every day.
That little place was tended by q
crippled girl. And it reflected more
than anything else the spirit of gen.
crosby and gentleness which was her
p~redominating characteristic. Money
alone will never make q home beauti-
full"
Many farmers plant fruit trees about
the house, but shade trees would be
better for the front yard.
A shade tree to be satisfactory must
be tall, thick and cover a large space.
Unless it is pruned high the grass will
not grow well under it. The most
satisfactory fruit tree is almost oppo-
site this in general characteristics. Il
must be headed low in order to have
the fruit within reach at harvest time
If it grows tall and thick there wilg
be very little fruit and it will be OF
poor quality. An open top or crown is
necessary for the production of good
fruit, and with this condition the
shade is not good.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-04

lCopyright. 1915. by w. G. Chapman.l

Copyright. 1916. by w. G.. Chspman.)
The day when Leila and Tommy
came into the life Of Jim Peters was
his reddest of red letter days. He al
ways saw the scene just as he had
seen 1t then. The early SHOWS had be-
gun to whiten the hills, and Peters had
driven his stock down into the lower
country for the winter pastures.
He was sitting in his hut, thinking
over things. AT thirty, he felt vaguely
that he ought to be doing better for
himself. Not that he wanted to leave
the cattle country for the city. But
life In a two-rOom shack, where he
cooked his own meals and made his
own bed, was becoming unbearable.
Most Of the settlers of his age were
already married. The settlement was
beginning to prosper. Neat little flow
er beds appeared round the houses and
the young wives were very gaily
dressed upon occasions. A church had
been built; altogether 1t was a place
for a young nan with two thousand
dollars In the bank to rejoice in.
But Jim had always lived a lonely
life; he did not know how to change
it. Too bashful to make advances to
any of the town girls whom he saw
on his rare visits, and with n vague
feeling that he wanted a wife of a spe-
cial, hardly defined type, something
above the common run, he was brood
ing in his chair when there came a tap
at the door.
1t was a timid tap, such as he had
never heard. The men who tapped at
Jim's door hammered with hairy fists
until he opened to them. Jim opened
now, and was amazed to see a woman
and a boy outside.
Both were thinly clad and shivering
from the cold. Nevertheless the wom-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-04
The Tongue and Typhus.

According to P. Remlinger, quoted
in the Journal Of the American Med
ical Association, an infallible method
of telling whether a patient has
typhoid Cor paratyphoid) or the much
more serious typhus. is to ask him to
put out your tongue" The typhoid or
paratyphoid patient does 1t without
effort, but If he has typhus he can
not get 1t beyond his teeth.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-04
Fire Hydrants Protected.

An ordinance passed by the authori-
ties of San B~ernardino, Cal, specifies
that no vehicle shall be allowed to
stand within Is feet Of a fire hydrant.
That innocent persons may not disre
gard the restriction un%wittingly, the
ire chief has had both the hydrant
and the adjoining curb painted red.
On this red strip indicating the forbid
den area appear the words, "Keep
Away" in large white letters.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-04

Watched the Car Shoot Down the Hill.
an did not attempt to enter, but only
asked where lodging could be OBJ
tanned.
She had come in on the evening
train, she said. She offered no further
explanation, but it was evident that
she was gently bred. The look of
WEAKNESS in her eyes haunted Jim for
days.
HI took her down the hill to a wom-
an of the valley. The hospitality of
the West prevailed over suspicion. The
stranger and her son were given shell
ter.
Next day Leila Drayton, as she
called herself, went to work for one
of the richer settlers. But soon she
was asked to fill a pressing need. The
children were growing up and, in spite
of its advantages, there was no school
In the valley. She became the school
mistress.
Speculation was rife about her. She
never mixed with the valley people,
never talked about her past. And the
oNNSPlo hOLlCh do We'll us DlGn
for what they are, and asks no ques-
lions.
The days grew into weeks, into
months. Jim Peters often found occa-
sion to saddle his horse and ride down
n the valley. He and the boy be-
came fast friends. But Leila was as
Indifferent to him as to the other men.
pn~hnTN1 Ina xvor,Il "
found the opportunity he craved, of
becoming her friend, but for an acct
dent. The boy was straying on the
railroad e~mbankment in search of
birds eggs. His mother was with him,
but seated a little distance behind the
rise. Jim, watching them inoatiently
from the other side, knew that the af-
ternoon train was due.
Becoming uneasy, he hurried across
the valley. He was just on the oppo-
site ridge when he heard the train In
the distance. The sound, which burst
forth suddenly as the train came out
of the tunnel, startled the boy, perched
on a ledge. He lost his footing and
fell twenty feet, to lie unconscious
across the metals. At the same time
the mother rose, discovered him and
screamed.
Jim plunged down the steep embank-
ment, seized the boy, snatched him
from he metals and covered with him
against the cliff, while the train went
sweeping by, so near that the draft
almost blew him from where he had
planted himself. Afterward the boy
opened his eyes.
The distracted mother kneeled be-
fore Jim with her hands clasped. How
a l thank you?" she cried. HE Is
everything l have, he is everything In
the world to me-"
BE my friend" said Jim holding
out his hand.
That was Jim's chance. Friendship
ripened. One day he asked her to be-
come his wife. Then the strange look
of fear that he knew so well came
into her eyes.
mo, you must not ask me that"
she said. II shall never marry again"
And, seeing Jim's distress. she added:
II will tell you the truth. 1 am a
runaway wife. / cannot speak Ill Of
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-04

time till about four o'clock, then 1t
melted. My son and / saw what was
In store for our fruit trees. We went
out and around and shook them. We
tried to prop them up, but our young
orchard, that was just coming into
bearing, had to go. 1t kept on showing
all night-mountains. hills. valleys I'M
der a blanket of white. The gardens
were completely covered. All kinds of
berry vines were broken. Our fruit
trees are lying In ruins. Others have
suffered heavier loss In their orchards
than We Thus far we have never had
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-04

ond floor. In order to operate this
ventilation scheme in mild or still
weather, it will be found necessary to
have a return air duct. A fireplace is
an ideal foul-air escape.
Such an escape will add from So
to $50 to the cost of a chimney, for
1t must have an Independent flue.
Three flash-light pictures we're
taken in adjoining rooms, one u by
II feet and the other u by % feet.
The rooms were almost filled with
smoke. The outside temperature was
a little below zero, so a door could not
be left open very long. Six pounds of
newspapers were burned in the fire.
place to create a draft. In half an
hour the smoke was cleared from the
rooms, and one door had been open
for about five minutes. There was no
perceptible change in temperature.
Fireplace.
In a section where wood is plenti-
full, the comfort and satisfaction of
IN open fire should not be overlooked.
In early spring and late fall a few
sticks of wood on a CRATE fire will
afford more cheer than double the
amount in a hester.
If provided for at the time of build
ing the expense need not exceed $50.
This will provide facing, mantle,
hearth, damper and ash traps, to-
gether with the added fue in the
chimney. The fue should be large.
A tiue s by s inches is usually too
small. A fireplace should be at least
SO inches wide, 2S inches high, and 16
inches deep, or as near these dimen-
sions as the commercial facing and
lining materials will make. Colored
brick with a rough face, make a most
satisfactory facing, and may be placed
at the time the chimney is built. The
lining should, of course, be of fire.
brick. A hearth is easily built, using
a smooth hard brick or tile.
The essentials of a satisfactory fire.
place are: ~ a large flue; (2) a
smooth throat set well to the front;
(3) a thin lip. A smoking fireplace
can usually be remedied by adding a
thin lip-member.
Firing.
Economical stocking is an art. Hard
coal is popular because the average
person does not care to fire every
half hour. However, a little admix-
ture of brains with the coal will pay,
even with hard coal. In general, add
as small an amoun Of coal as possible
at each firing, and fire often. Do not
entirely cover the bed of live Goals,
but leave a small hole, where sufficient
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-04

heat can get through to fire the gases
as they distill off from the new coal,
otherwise they are lost up the chin.
ney. These gases burn clear and hot,
and form a large part of the coal.
Keep the CRATES clean and clear of
clinkers. Use a slice-bar, and pre-
vent a tendency to cake at the bot
tom of the fire.
Three instances of firing came to
notice recently, in houses of nearly
the same size. The cost in one case
wds SAT; in another, $3.50; and in the
third, SIC. All the houses were warm
and comfortable at all times. In one
the coal was fired, in the other two
II was dumped In,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-04
Not Really an Esoape.

We often think that, if we had been
placed in the same difficulties which
we see overwhelm others, we could
have got out of them. Just so; we
might have squeezed, or wriggled, or
crept out Of a position from which an
other who would not stoop could not
have escaped. If escape takes the
form Of a temptation, they do not es-
cape.-Mary Cholmondeley.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-04
GATHERED FACTS

The railroads of the United States
consumed 12s,20O.OO0 tons of coal last
year, or "a per e of the total pro-
duction.
Ties made of a native hardwood
have been used on the Panama rail
road without renewal for more than
90 years.
There are estimated to be more than
200,000 ,000, 900 board feet of merchant
able lumber standing in the 10000
square miles Of public forests in the
Philippines.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-04

line NrfoWS indicate the Direction
of the Air Currents.
while filling the system, in order to
let the air out, else the water cannot
get in. When water flows from the
valve 1t may be closed. This valve
should be opened from time to time
after filling the system, to let out air
that has separated from the water and
gathered in the top of the radiator.
The small chamber of air will very
effectively check the circulation
through the radiator and it will not
heat.
Cost.
The cost of a hot-water system for
a six-room house will be about 1915
or $500. 1t will cost about two-thirds
more than hot air, but hot-air outfits
last only from Z to 8 years, with yearly
repairs, while the hot-water system
will last from three to six times as
long, with nc expense or upkeep.
The cost of a hOt-watef system will
be about $S5 or 800 for radiators, $50
for the heater, and about S65 for in
stallation. ANY farmer who is at all
handy as a mechanic can do the work,
leaving $40 for the plant, compared
with SITS for hot air.
A hot-air system may give reason
ably satisfactory results In small
buildings, but for large houses and
under most conditions either steam or
hot water is unhesitatingly recon-
mended. The higher cost is more
than offset, in a few years, by a saw
ing of fuel and better results.
Nothing has been said about steam
systems. Little need be said. They
are like water systems in makeup, ex-
cept that the expansion tank is closed.
There Is no water in the radiators,
only in the heater. There is no cir
culation until the water in the boiler
is boiling, and there is pressure In the
pipes and radiators. This pressure,
while not intended to be heavy, may
become so if not watched carefully.
This is impossible in the average
home. In the mill, factory, or large
nat building, there is reason for keep
ing a man on duty constantly, but not
so In the home.
By the process of elimination, 1t can
safely be claimed that steam is not
safe, and hot air is not satisfactory to
any degree; while hot water, not per
feet because 1t costs too much, is the
best system of the three for heating a
home.
Combination System.
A combination system-a combina-
ton of hot water and hot airs the
ideal system. However, instead of
using a standard hot-air furnace, with
a coil in the firebox for heating the
water (simllar to that used In n
kitchen range), 1t is much better TO
place a large radiator or a coil of
common pipe In a box in the cellar.
which is open to the room above ana
to the outside air. This system NAV
be installed at an additional cost of
$25, and provides a fresh-air supply
at all times. 1t is claimed, and with
much reason, that ventilation is not
necessary In the average house; that
the air in the Dol is changed often
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-04
Shame on You, Aimee.

Hello" exclaimed Cholly, as he was
about to board the crowded excursion
boat, "the ark seems to be pretty well
filed upp
"Yes," rejoined his friend Aimee,
who was there in all her glory, "an the
animals are on deck except the
monkey. Hurry on board"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-04

heater only, as In a steam system.
The exhaustion of the air makes IT
possible to produce steam at a tenn
perature as low as 125 degrees Fab
renheit, which mean that a small FIRE
win produce results in a few minutes,
because there are only a few gallons
Of water in the heater. 1t is virtually
a steam system, and requires protec-
tive devices as carefully adjusted and
attended as a steam system. Further
more, leaks In the system will de-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-04

reheated and returned to
the room. When this is
done the fresh-air duct
may be closed or partly
closed.
The burning Of the mir
in order to get heat suf-
hcient to warm the rooms,
limits the usefulness Of
this style Of heating to
small houses, and general
ly to one floor. To be sue
cessful, the furnace must
be large and the pipes
from so to 100 per cent
larger than are ordinarily
used.
All pipes, in cellar and
" ~ -=
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-04
Unprepared.

Observation-Disclosures o'Sulllvan. will
We stop and have a friendly discussion
on the matter of home rule?
O'Sullivan-It's sorry 1 am, but IT'S
not convenient just now.
o'Flaherty-And why not, honey?
OSullivan-Why, to tell We the truth.
oFlaherty, l haven't got me shtlck
handy.-London Tit-Bits
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cept when an unusual number of
people ire present. 1t is true that,
with an average winter wind blowing
at ten miles per hour, the air in the
rooms will change about every half
hour. This is certainly all that is
required for the average family. This
rate of change can be increased 80
per cent by opening a door to the sec