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The Elbert County tribune., 1916-05-19
kinqbird
Tyrannus tyrannus)

kiyrSnnuS tyrannuS)
Length. about eight and one-half
inches. The white lower surface and
white-tlpped tail distinguish this fly
catcher.
Range: Breeds throughout the Unit
ed States (except the southwestern
parD and southern Canada: winters
from Mexico to South America
Habits and economic status: The
ksngbird is pronounced enemy of
hawks and crows. which 1t vigorously
attacks at every opportunity. there
by affording efficient protection to
nearby poultry yards, and young chick
ems at large. 1t loves the open coun-
try and is especially fond of orchards
and trees about farm buildings. No
less than S5 per cent of its food con
sists of insects, mostly of harmful
nature. 1t eats the common rose chafer
or rose bug, and more remarkable
Sill 1t devours blister beetles freely.
The bird has been accused OF eating
honeybees to an injurious extent. but
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-05-19
Yellow Billed Cuckoo
(Coccyxus americanus)

Length. about twelve inches. Tha
yellow lower part of the bill distin-
guishes this bird from Its near relA-
tive. the black-billed cuckoo
Range: Breeds generally In tho
United States and southern Canada:
winters in South America.
Habits and economic status: This
bird lives on the edges of woodland.
in groves, orchards. parks. and even
in shaded village streets. II Is some
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-05-19
Nazarene Assembly Elects officers

Greeley-The Rev. r. L. Plumb of
Colorado Springs was selected as dis
trict superintendent of the Colorado
Wyoming Utah district of the Nazar-
enc church, which held its assembly
here. The Rev. S. r. Heath Of Den.
yer was chosen district treasurer
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-05-19
Crushed Under Auto in Arroyo.

Trinidad Berkeley, 81.
formerly of Boulder and Denver, was
d. crushed to death under a new auto
mobile which he was instructing A.
C. Suit to operate. when the machine
became unmanageable and plunged
over the embankment OF 15ifoot ar
royo. Suit was badly injured but will
probably recover.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-05-19
Cuts tungsten Price to $50.

Nederland-A further drop in the
tungsten market was felt when j. c.
Clark of Boulder announced that he
would buy on a $50 schedule for so
per cent ore. in place of the $50
schedule that has been in force the
last two weeks.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-05-19

Find $40 Pound Ore at Gold Hill.
Boulder-Gold ore worth $40 to the
pound was uncovered in the Great
Britain mine at Gold Hill. One shot
brought 400 pounds of the ore. worth
$4,000.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-05-19
Myrtle Warbler
(Dendroica coronata)

Length. five and one-half inches
The similarly colored Audubon's war
bier has yellow throat instead of a
Thite one.
Range: Breeds throughout most of
she forested area of Canada and south
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-05-19

times known as rain crow. because its
very characteristic notes are supposed
to foretell rain. The cuckoo has sly.
furtive ways as 1t moves among the
bushes or fits from tree to tree. and
Is much more often heard than seen.
Unlike its European relative. 1t does
not lay its eggs In other birds nests,
but builds nest of Its own. This Is.
however. a rather crude and shabby
affair-hardly more than a platform
OF twigs sufficient to hold the green
ish eggs. The cuckoo is extremely
useful because OF its insectiyorous hab-
Its. especially as It shows a marked
preference for the hairy caterpillars.
which few birds eat. Ona stomach
that was examined contained ESQ
American tent caterpillars: another.
PIT fall webworms. In places where
tent caterplllars are abundant they
seem to constitute large portion of
the food Of this and the black billed
cuckoo.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-05-19

there is little ground for the accusa-
ton, as appears from the fact that
examination of ga stomachs showed
only 81 bees In % stomachs. or these
81 were useless drones. On the other
hand. 1t devours robber flies. which
catch and destroy honeybees. Grass
hoppers and crickets. with few bugs
and some cutworms. and few other
insects. make up the rest Of the ami
NAL food. The vegetable food con-
sists OF fruit and few seeds. The
kingbird deserves full protection.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-05-19

Its place is taken in the West By
Audubon's warbler. More than .hree-
fourths Of the food of the myrtle war
bier consists of insects. practically all
OF them harmful. 1t is made up OF
small beetles. including some weevils.
with many ants and wasps. This bird
is SO small and nimble that It success
fully attacks insects too minute to DO
prey for larger birds. Scales and
plant lice form a very considerable
part of its diet Flies are the largest
item of food; in fact. only few fiy-
catchers and swallows eat as many
files as this bird. The vegetable food
(22 per cent? is made up OF fruit and
the seeds of poison oak or ivy. also
the seeds of pine and Of the bayberry.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-05-19
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
DATES roR com1Nc EVENTS.

June l3-Nineteenth annual Strawber-
~ Festival and Carnival at Glen
wood Springs.
June 22-25-colo. Christian Endeavor
Convention. at Greeley.
aug. z-National Convention of Rep
resentatives of Negro Race at Den
yer.
Aug s-Democratic State Assembly at
Denver.
Aug 22-25-AnnuaI Convention Grand
Lodge X of p. at Greeley.
sept 5-S-Frontier Days celebration
ut Fort Morgan
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-15
COMPLEXION CALLS FOR CARE
Really No Excuse for Appearance
That Detracts From the Natural
Charm of Women.

There is no excuse for sallow com.
plexion if one has the desire to cure
the defect. Exercise and diet are the
two things necessary. Eat only the
simplest of foods and walk as much
as you can in the open air. Four good
rules for health and beauty are to
eat enough, drink only water, walk
two or three miles a day, and sleep
eight hours.
The average individual does not
drink enough water to keep in good
condition. Perhaps a glass or two is
taken with meals, but one seldom re.
members to take drink of water be-
tween eating times. Cut down the
water drinking at the table and in.
crease the amount you take between
meals.
To keep the skin of the neck in
good condition there should be com
plexion scrub at least once a week
Make suds of hot water and some
mild soothing soap and scrub the neck
with a complexion brush. After the
scrub, the neck should be we'll splashed
with cold water to harden the tissues
and prevent fiabbiness.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-15
If YOU ARE A SICK WOMAN

Can you afford to doubt such over
whelming evidence as that of the
letters constantly being published ir
the daily press, showing how Lydia
z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
that good old-fashioned remedy made
from roots and herbs, restores suffer
ing women to health and strength
Thousands of women suffered just as
you are suffering and in letters over
their own signatures state they have
been made well by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. Why
don't you try it?-Adv
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-15

| other day when a lot of school girls
boarded the car, whistling, laughing
and talking SO loudly that no one else
could be heard; they threw candy back
and forth across the car, ETC., and act
ed far more boisterous than ! ever saw
q crowd Of country girls behave, and
I've lived in the country a good many
years, too. I knew number of these
girls, and they really are nice, sweet
girls, and the things they were doing
and saying and squealing were really
funny--if YOU didn't happen to get hit
IN the eye with candy bean, or get
a rap in the temple with an all-day
sucker-and rather enjoyed the show
until we passed a farm wagon, and
they proceeded to call every ones at
tention to "the hayseed;" / knew the
farmer, and to my certain knowledge
he could buy, twice over, the parents
Of any girl in the car.
Now. if this man chose to wear his
jumper and overalls" to town Gas all
true "tillers of the soil" should)
whose business was it? Time after
time, we've had young folks from town
out at our home for the day, or over
night, or perhaps to an egg roast, end
enjoyed having them there; and I'm
sure most Of them had a good time.
and enjoyed the ''corn bread and but
ter because they ate it like-like,
well, like it was a change from macar-
oni or weenies, salmon. etc.
We have done those things. but Ed
gar Poe's raven could not have been
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-15

pensive, they can be duplicated at
home for very much less, and they
would make delightful gifts.
The scrap basket shown is made
over wire frame and has lining Of
the same color taffeta. The bottom
is made of circle of heavy cardboard,
faced on both sides with the taffeta;
both the lining and the outside piece
are gathered to this. The strips OF
taffeta should be cut much wider than
the frame, and shirred at the top and
bottom. Bands of tarnished gold lace
are sewed on to the taffeta as a fin,
Ish at the top and bottom. Gold cords
twisted at each end to form heavy
knots are used for handles.-New York
Times.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-15
.WHATPEOPLE
ARE 81 YING

Editor of the Express:
wonder how many "hayseed" reat
tile account of the ''hayseed party,
giyen by the members of the Chris
tian Endeavor society.
And | wonder, too, just how many
'hayseeds" have entertained "a good
many times in their melon patch, Oh
reach orchard at night, all unbe
knownst to said hayseed) these same
partyites.
A hayseed party; ye godsl Why in
the name of common sense, and de.
cency. do parents permit their children
TO hold the farmer and his family up
to ridicule?
Do you, or any one. suppose that
these little two-by-four funnakers
have never been been taught that if
it were not for the farmer, they, the
slanderers-that is exactly what it
amounts to-would not be able even
to live from paper bags and tin cans:
much less forage for melons, fruit,
nuts, etc, etc. I'm not speaking of
the partyites alone, though l do think
that's the limit" to make use of
their own pet expression; but a lot
of the youngsters, especially the girls,
have decided tendency to jeer at the
farmer. l was on street car the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-15
NEAT LITTLE RING HOLDER
Useful Contrlvance That Should Be
Part Of the Furnishing of
Every Boudoir.

The little article shown in our
sketch will be found very useful, as
upon it rings can be hung while they
are not being worn. 1t is intended for
tying upon the post of the looking
glass, and is simple and very easy to
make.
In the first place cut out a piece of
stiff cardboard in the shape of heart,
and in the positions indicated in the
sketch sew on three brass hooks, and
for doing this holes should be pierced
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-15
Promotes Gardening.

Miss Marks, teacher Of agriculture
in the Eighth grade of The Chickasha
schools, is said to be meeting with
great success in the matter Of interest
ing all her pupils in the homo garden
question for the coming season. Out
of class of 125 boys and girls, Miss
Marks is said to have secured the pro-
motion. Mrs. Martin Coryell, woman
county agent, has promised Miss
Marks her cooperation in the garden
ing matter and word has been received
from the proper department at Still
water that the A. & M. college will
also lend all necessary aid in further
ing the enterprise.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-15
Ne gnants Pleased.

Merchants in Chickasha were par
ticularly pleased with the volume OF
out-of-town business which was com
ing to them Monday. With the ground
too wet for farming and with the air
Just sharp enough to make one en-
Joy life this morning, the streets were
filled with people from the territory
surrounding Chiekasha, at rather
early hour. Looks just like first
Monday, don't it?" was the combined
question and query of one Chickasha
avenue merchant.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-15
Insurance AGENTS Galore.

"Helpl" shouted Superintendent
Shepard; "Help!" echoed Assistant
superintendent Miss zinn this morn
ing as the Man on the Streets entered
their offices at the county court house.
Seeing who it was each of the parties
above named heaved a long sight of
relief and said, in duet, ooh, I thought
il was another life insurance agent.
Inquiries brought forth the fact that
three of the critters" had already
visited the department of county ed
ucation this morning.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-15
Going to See Hamlet.

Bert Barefoot stated this morning
that he was one of the large number
of Chicxasha folks who had determin-
ed to go to Oklahoma City, at some
date not known to him at the present
writing, to Hamlet" Judge Daven-
port and County Attorney Venable.
learning upon inquiry that Hamlet has
been dead for several centuries, are
understood to have declined an invita-
tion to accompany Mr.. Barefoot.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-15

in the card for the needle and thread
to pass through.
The card is covered In front with
eolored velvet, slits being cut in the
material through which the hooks pro
trude. The back is covered with
sateen, the velvet and the sateen be-
Ing sewn together at the edges, which
are afterwards finished off with silk
cord.
Ribbon strings are sewn on in the
center at the top, which should be
long enough to twist once around the
post of the looking-glass and then be
tied in a bow In front.
On the left of the illustration the
holder is seen laid out quite fiat, and
on the right it is shown fastened in
position upon the post Of the glass.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-15
First Despair Deeply Felt.

There is no despair so absolute as
that which comes with the first mo
ments of our first great sorrow, wher
we have not yet known what it is tc
have suffered and be healed, to have
despaired and to have recovered hope
George Eliot.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-15
naro emphatic in her eternal never
than
A COUNTRY WOMAN.
Short Stories
OF THE TOWN
Must Keep Weeds Down.

Mayor Coffman and Street Commits
sioner Beets are ging to start in with
the first of March to see to it that all
sidewalks, cutters and vacant lots are
kept clear of weeds during the coming
summer. Efforts will be made to have
ell vacant lots cultivated in some kind
of crops in order that the harvest Of
weeds may not become heavy.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-15

New York woman wants a di
vorce because her husband threw an
egg at her. If it was a fresh egg she
deserves it, because he was extrava.
CANT; if it wasn't, ditto, because he
was brute.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-15

A Cleveland man gave up his street
car seat to a woman, she thanked him
and theirs was the first wedding OF
the year. The back platform is, afteI
all, the safest place.-Minneapol
Journal.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-15
Speed Of Swimmer and oarsman.

The maximum speed acquired by the
average person in swimming comfort
ably is 80 inches a second, while oars.
men in an eight-oared boat acquired o
speed of 1877 inches in a second.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-15
BASKET TO HOLD THE SCRAPS
Pretty TrIHe That May Be Fashioned
at Odd Moments and Is Com
A paratively inexpensive.

The shops are showing adorable new
scrap baskets for the boudoir, made
of taffeta and trimmed with gold lace
Although the originals are very ex
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-15

WANTED-Clean Gotten rags at the
Daily Express office. Highest cash
price paid.
Evening star., 1916-08-01
ADJUSTMENTS
B. F. Keith's.

Mile. Albertina Rasch, foreign
dancer of exquisite charm. technique
and interpretive terpsichorean talent
of the highest order. with her eight
assisting coryphees, brought to the
Keith bill last evening a touch of
beauty and grace that is rare to the
Hungarian Rhapsody, which served
best to reveal the varied accomplish
ments of the splendid dancer. was the
favorite of the repertoire. The act as
a whole, however, is rare and artistic
and the large audience was not slow
to give full expression to it's pleasure
and its desire for encores.
Andrew Toombs and Lola Wentworth
furnished the laughing hit of the even
ing, for MIR. ToombS is irresstbly
funny. while Miss Wentworth sang
with unusual sweetness. Their offer
ing is new throughout and affords full
opportunity for this popular pair. who
will be remembered for their work in
The Bride Shop"
An offering of local interest was
the new playlet by Mary Kouncelor
Brookes. local playwright. entitled
Some Politician which was presented
the movie" star; Eleanor Sydney,
Frederick Hand and Joseph Merrick.
1t has bright lines and gives promise
of winning its way.
Una Clayton and her players. includ-
ing Herbert Griffin, scored with her
latest effusion. "Collusion. Other
offerings included the Volunteers, a
group of good singers with other
merits. in novelty: Harry Rose, in a
nut act" chatter and song; the Four
Readings apd Booth and Leander, in a
bicycle offering. completed a very en-
joyable entertainment which was sup
plemented with the Pathe Weekly
news pictures. shown in collaboration
with The Star
Evening star., 1916-08-01
Special Film Features.

PENN GARDEN-Today, George Be
ban and Myrtle Stedman. in "Pasquale'
also Pathe Weekly. Wednesday. Harold
Lockwood and May Allison. in The
Masked Rider; also Sidney Drew
comedy. Thursday, De Wolf Hopper,
with Fay Tincher, in MIR. Goode, the
Samaritan; also comedy, Bubbles Of
Trouble" Friday. Hazel Dawn in The
Feud Girl: also comedy.
LIBERTY-Today, Lenore Clrich. in
The Heart of Paula" Tomorrow,
Norma Talmage, in "Martha's Nindlca
ton; also Fred Mace, in An O1ly
Scoundrel" Thursday. Nalli Nalli. in
Debt of Honor" Friday, Hazel Dawn,
in The Saleslady." Saturday. Frank
Sheridan and Edna Wallace Hopper, in
The Perils of Divorce
CRANDALL's-Today Alice Brady. in
Miss Petticoats" Wednesday and
Thursday, Theda Bara. in Under Two
Flags" Friday and Saturday, Lucille
Lee Stewart, in The fDestroyers.'
SAVOY - Today, Viola Dana, in
"Flower of No Mans Land" Tomorrow
Marguerite Clark in silks and Satins. y.
Thursday, Charles Chaplin, in The
Vagabond'': also HoIbrook Blinn. in
weakness of Men" Friday, William
S. Hart in primal Lure" and The
Love Comet" Saturday, Victor Moore
in The Clown"
AVENUE GRAND-Today. John Bar
Evening star., 1916-08-01
service, and the board concurred in the

service, and the board concurred in the
opinion.
Miss Noyes Is to assume her new
duties on or about october /. The state
ment announcing the appointment was
authorized yesterday by former Presi-
dent Taft. who. is chairman of the CEN
trail committee of the American Red
Cross.
Miss Noyes comes of New England
ancestors. but was born in Maryland.
She was graduated from the Johns Hop
kins Hospital Training School for
Nurses in 1896. The following year she
went to the, New England Hospital for
Women and Children, Boston, Mass, as
superintendent of the training school.
and in 1901 accepted the position of
superintendent of St Luke's Hospital
Training School for Nurses. New Bed
ford, Mass. In 1910 she was appointed
general superintendent of training
schools at Bellevue Hospital. New York
city. position also held by Miss De-
lano previous TO her connection with
the Red Cross. Miss NoyeS has been
active in all nursing affairs and is at
present president of the National
League of Nursing Education and one
of the board of directors of the Ameri-
can Journal of Nursing. Since 1907 she
has lectured at the Teachers College on
hospital administration.
Evening star., 1916-08-01
Cosmos.

When Jesse L. Lasky's six Interna-
tional Beauties" appeared, one by one,
behind stone wall, at the Cosmos
Theater yesterday and last night the
audiences gave gasp of astonishment
And when they climbed the wall and
started their unique program of the
the house was roaring with laughter
and continued to roar. The act is not
beauty act" but the actors are
"beauts" in the slang of the street,
each representing a different national
ity in his chara cterization. and all of
them a group not soon to be forgotten
1t is the biggest novelty of the season
at the Cosmos, and the roars of laugh
ter and applause told that it had made
a great hit. Two other laughmakers
Jenks and Maud Allen. in a bucolic
sketch presenting the densest of ''rubes'
in '|howling hit" Both are artists in
their line and they shared with the
international beauties" in the applause
and laughter.
A fine musical offering is presented
by the Rosedale Trio, a girl and two
men, in an offering of vocal gems, in
cluding big selection from Faust"
while the De Necchio company made
From Yale" which is both breezy and
amusing, well as well played.
Marion Drew juggles hoops. parasols
with coins, Indian clubs and other
things in her sketch, Bits of Polite
Vaudeville and Dixon and Dixon mu-
steal clowns. play a number of instru-
ments. principally the concertina, one
of them unique funmaker.
The added attractions present the
Pathe News. in cola boration with The
Star; a Paramount-Bray cartoon, show
ing how col Heeza Liar" put an end
to the war in Europe, and the big
photoplay, The Comeback" featuring
Harold Lockwood and May Allison,
which is shown only during matinee
hours. beginning al 1890 pm.
A new bill for the last half of the
week will be presented at the Thurs
day fineeS
Evening star., 1916-08-01

rymore, in Lost Bridegroom" We'd
nesday, Viola Dana. in FLOWERS of No
Mans Land. Thursday. Virginia Pear
fs ss,sle HI suets srdas and
Brown Eyes" and Fred Mace, in "vil-
lage Vampire" Saturday. Hazel Dawn,
in The Saleslady.''
APOLLO : Today. Kitty Gordon. in
The Crucial Test" Tomorrow, Edna
Goodrich. in Making of Maddalena.'
THURSDAY, Ruth Roland, in The Matri-
monial Martyr Friday. Pauline Fred
erick. in The Moment Before" satur-
day. Olga Petrova. in THE Scarlet
Woman"
CENTRAL PARK-Today, Harry D.
Carey and Stella Razeto. in THE Three
Godfathers." Tomorrow and Thursday.
James Morrison. in The Redemption of
Dave Darcy" Friday and Saturday.
Lewis s. Stone and Marguerite Clayton,
in According to the Code"
MASONIC UDITORIUM-Today, Will
tween Men" Tomorrow. Peggy Hyland,
in Saints and Sinners Thursday.
Kitty Gordon. in The Crucial Test"
FRIDAY. Mae Murray. in Sweet Kitty
Bellairs. Saturday. James Morrison,
in The Redemption of Dave Darcy"
WASHINGTON PARK-Today. ses-
sue Hayakawa, in ALIEN Souls To-
morrow. Theda Bara, in The Eternal
Sappho." Thursday. Hazel Dawn, in
The Feud Girl" Friday, J. Warren
kerrigan. in "A Son of the Immortals. +"
Saturday. Marguerite Clark, in out of
the Drifts
OLYMPIC-Today. Katherine Kaelred
and Julian L'Estrange, in The Girl With
the Green Eyes; also Harold Lloyd. in
Luke's Fatal Flivver" Tomorrow. H.
3. Warner. in The Raiders" Thurs
IL n
aire Baby; also Pathe News Friday,
Holbrook Blinn and Eleanor Woodruff
in The Weakness of Men" Saturday,
Frank Mills. in Moral Fabric; also
Charles Murray, in Love Riot"
CIRCLE-Today. Kitty Gordon, in
Her Maternal Right; also Mary
Pickford. in "A Noble Sacrifice" and