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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-15
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]. K. McAlpine, salesnanager OF
The. Schuman Carriage Company, has
4 good word to say about the large
sale of Republic trucks during. the
MAST few weeks. The smiling automo-
bile expert usually hammers away on
some strong point during his "onVer-
cations. and, although he did not IN
tend TO talk shop, mentioned with
much enthusiasm that the Republic
truck was making good with 4 ven
geance with the business man Of Ha'
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-15
AUTO LICENSES

Following is the list of license tags
issued for automobiles during the
week ending today:
673-A. s. Kan. Cole.
3351-M. Chiya, Ford.
1567-H, N. Dowsett, Ford.
3362-K. Horiuchi. Ford.
960-R. 1vers, Cadillac.
2439-J. w. Crate, Chandler.
3364-K. Endo, Republic.
2e97-E. S. Cunha, Hudson.
,2471-Mrs. c. S. Crane, Buick.
1aa5-I. A., Ralch. Franklin.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-15

ladies of the city are doing their bit
for the Red Cross. All in all the mo-
torists of the city are united in the
one cause. Help Win the War"
The Jasper news., 1917-08-16
By LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE

E5E57SEsEEEsEEEsSESl5E EE5TlSEEE5IEIEaEEEIc
The Jasper news., 1917-08-16
USES TURF INSTEAD OF COAL
Switzerland, On Account OF the War,
ls Forced to Fall Back on
Peat as Fuel.

According to a report to the depart
ment of commerce from William p.
Kent, consul at Berne, Switzerland,
the exigencles Of war, the lack of de-
veloped coal deposits, and the inability
to import coal in quantity sufficient to
meet the needs Of the population have
Induced the Swiss government, through
n semi-officlal organization, known as
the Societe Cooperative Suisse de Ia
Tourbe, whose address IS Berne, to re-
sort to the use of turf or peat as a
substitute or to supplement the insuffi-
cient supply of coal.
The association Is In the market for
the purchase of improved machinery
for cutting, raising, drying, and com
pressing turf. Turf or peat as fuel
is not satisfactory and complete sub
stitute for coal, on account of its low
calorihc properties, particularly for
steam generation, but In those por-
lions Of the United States where 1t
abounds 1t may be used to advantage
for domestic consumption by admix-
ture with coal, not only saving the
cost of distant transportation of coal,
but producing" sufficient heat at a
much reduced cost.
The Jasper news., 1917-08-16
Dignity and lmpudence.

A trawler one evening came into a
port where lay at anchor destroyer
fiotilla. She dropped her hook" foul
Of the first and second ships and the
efforts of the officer of the watch on
the leading ship to move her were
fruitless.
On the matter being reported to the
commodore he went aft and hailed the
intruder.
"Hullo. there. You're foul Of my
billet, and you must clear out and
anchor elsewhere. I'm In command
of this fotilla-who are your"
Back came the answer, appealing In
its audacity and disregard OF service
convention:
"Ah'm the Star o. Bethlehem-and
Alive set To- tn night. ."-London
Opinion.
The Jasper news., 1917-08-16
Watch for startling develop.
ments described in the next In
misunderstanding big com.
ing!
(To BE CoNTINUED.)
ONCE BUSY CITY NOW QUIET
Wisby Has Little to Show That II Was
at One Time LiveIiest Place Of
Its Size In Europe.

To the eastward of Sweden, In the
inhospitable Baltic, lies the great
island Of Gothlnnd. with its capital of
Wisby. Little visited and little known,
Wisby Is one of the most interesting
cities of northern Europe. 1t Is In the
track of half the Russian and Scandl-
navian sea commerce, but few ships
make the land today in which was once
the busiest OF northern harbors.
Land Mt Wisby and you find quiet
little city with ivy-covered houses and
gardens of roses, going about its unim.
portnnt affairs In an atmosphere of
placid calm. 1t takes considerable
effort Of the imagination to call up a
picture Of the times when Wlsby wns
10 the Baltic and the North sen what
Venice in the height Of her power was
to the Mediterranean. Wisby in those
days was the wealthiest and livellesf
city of Its size In Europe.
I The men Of Wisby seem to have been
traders from the beginning Back In
the ancient Morse chronicles there is
mention made of Wisby ghlleys that
went all over the known globe and
traded the treasures of the Levant
with Morse kings. Today they are still
digging about in desultory fashion
on the island in search of historical
relics and the shovels bring up coins
of all the ancient nntions-coins of old
Britain, of barbarian Russia, Of the
numberless German states of France
and Spain and north Africa. Wisby
gathered the gold Of every land with
her venturous trading keels, in times
when little business trip had as much
romance and danger as the forays of
knight errant fighting over his ladya
eyebrow.
The Jasper news., 1917-08-16
Troubles Were His own.

One day after shoveling the snow
from the sidewalk for two hours little
Patsy, who lived right pext door to
Kerrigan, began to cry. What's the
trouble, my little man?" said Kerrlgan.
"a bad tramp come along and stole
the snow shovel from the boy next
door," "Well. my lad. it's very nice
thing to be sympathetic" said Kerri-
gan, "but you mustn't worry so over
other peoples affairs" "It isn't that"
said the boy. I'm crying because he
didn't steal my shovel, too."
The Jasper news., 1917-08-16

retorted with entire good humor. "You
forget the child is Of age-or will be
In another six months. She can take
care of herself. IF it turns out she
can't, l give you permission to use
your well-known arts of moral suaslon
and nag her until she's mad enough to
hitch up as companion to a saw
toothed destroyer of regulations like
yourself"
"She could do far worse" the Dow
ager Dragon shifted; land will-if 1
let you have your way"
(Which is just what is going to hap
pen. Lydia and 1 understand each
other, my homes the place for her,
and there she goes, straight from the
steamer"
When he had detached his fiancee
and departed, the Dowager Dragon
took up the thread of her discourse
with Lydia.
"It's up to you, my dear" she an
nounced. 81 mean to say, it's for you
to decide. ! warn you you'll never be
happy. Tad's not old enough to be
father. For that matter, he's not old
enough to be husband. He's heed
less, irresponsible, as fighty as Betty
Merrllees. He never has grown up,
and he never will. He's Peter Pan,
with all the innocence expurgated."
Here the Dowager Dragon paused
and, receiving no response, regarded
with suspicion the object of her solicit
tude. "What are you smiling ut,
pray?" she demanded in dudgeon. "Do
you think I'm merely clustering for
your amusement?"
II beg your pardon" Lydia said
meekly, Fastening to erase smile ;
the idea of the chief agent Of Down
ing Street in America being needless,
irresponsible and flighty having proved
too much for her sense of the ridicu-
lous. "You made me think of some
thing funny. But please, Mrs. Beg
garstaff, don't say any more. The
thing is quite settled; and you don't
know how stubborn he is-and I'm his
daughter
The frown of the Dowager Dragon
relaxed, and crusty smile succeeded.
$50 be it! l sha'n't contend with you
or Tad another minute. But when you
see your mistake, remember, my home
Is always open to you. You're cheer
full snippet, and not bit hard to look
at, and / believe could grow quite
fond of you. Now promise you'll come,
If ever you're in trouble. You owe
me that consolation at least-if only
for being graceful in defeat"
Lydia promising lightly. a placated
Dowager Dragon consented to let the
subject drop.
Then there was Mrs. Merrilees, who
bade fair to prove the sister more than
the stepmother, the girl friend more
than either, who, once Craven had
wheedled her out of her resentment of
his putatlvely negative and innocent
deception, seemed to find In Lydia
just one more reason for being fond of
Craven and viewing with confidence
their life after marriage. Though
vain and avid of admiration, she
seemed incapable of any sort of mean
emotion, and was as generous as the
good sunlight. An adorable creature
Peter Trait, the third of three new
found friends, was riddle Lydia
couldn't read, but found endlessly di-
verting. Publicly sentimental about
Lydia, brazenly seeking every oppor-
tunity to seclude her with himself,
once this was accomplished, he fiouted
sentiment, ridiculed the world (includ-
ing himself), and kept her In a state
The Jasper news., 1917-08-16

of amusement that precluded discour-
agement of his eccentric wooing.
II want you to know me as / really
am" he informed her on one occa-
sion. "If should seem as sober-sided
and solemn as your next adorer, you'd
marry me In ignorance of my true
character"
"But haven't the slightest intention
Of marrying you, Mr.. Trait"
That's fine line" he commented
admiringly. "What you heroines of
modern fiction would do without it
heaven only knows It's certain our
novelists don't, or they'd invent some
thing less stereotyped. But you
mustn't forget it really means nothing
In the first chapters. Along about
page three hundred and twenty-one
It's signal either for the clench or
for the bouncer."
"I do wish you'd talk senslbly in lam
guage 1 can understand"
"As for the language, If 1t cramps
your style, Miss Craven, believe me,
I'll slip the rollers under 1t and give
1t the gate! But as for talking SEN
slbly-not /, not while sparring for
wind and trying to figure how 1 stand
with you. 1t wouldn't be fair to snare
your affections with the impression
that the architect of my dome used
any building material more substan-
tial than funny-bones."
"Do you mean me to understand
you're incurnbly friyolOus2"
"Rather!" .
isn't 1t n pretty poor recommenda-
ton for suitor to advance2"
ado you think so?" He appeared
to ponder this gravely. But I can't
see that. Think how deadly life would
be with man who took everything
seriously--himself, for instance, and
The Jasper news., 1917-08-16

layed only to say goodnight TO Peter
Trait on the upper companiont-ay
landing, near the doorway to the port
side of the boat deck. One-half OF
this double door was open. Beyond
1t was nothingness-a fiat wall Of gray
but feebly tinted with artificial light.
Then, descending to the promenade
deck, she turned aft to her stateroom,
and was about to enter when she
heard her name called In Craven's
voice, and-slnce she had left him only
q few minutes before the center of an
animated group in the music room
with pardonable surprise she discov-
cred the man coming swiftly toward
her from the after pnrt of the ship.
"Just to say good-nightw he ex-
planned hastily, folding his daughter
In the tenderest of embraces; and then
in rapid whisper, Meet me on deck
this deck-to port-fifth stanchlon
aft from the door--in an hour. If
anyone seems to be watching you, go
back !" And again aloud, Goodnight,
dear child goodnight" !" he murmured
fondly, releasing her, and hurried for
ward.
Almost without her knowledge the
knob turned in Lydla's grasp; and
when she found herself alone In that
dark stateroom her hands trembled
so with excitement that for q moment
she fumbled In vain for the switch.
The Jasper news., 1917-08-16

the candidate for president on the Pro-
hlbition ticket, and Lloyd George, and
--ah-the Anti-Woman Suffrage move
ment. There's only one thing I'm
ready to promise to take seriously.
Now pretend you don't get mel"
You are quite, quite hopeless !"
Wrong again: was never more
hopeful. First thing you know you'll
be lying awake nights wondering II
can possibly be as silly as / sound
and thinking what pity it's If true |;
and when you come to that stage, it'll
be all over but the rice and old shoes
and Niagara Falls"
Certainly you must be an incurable
optimist I"
"You think so3 say, that's an aw-
fully good sign! You're thinking about
me already"
But Of the four 1t was Quoln who
most impressed Lydia's impressionable
Imagination. His seemed an indlvidu-
ality rarely simple and straightfor-
ward, to which latency and indlrection
must be altogether foreign. He was,
Lydia understood, n criminal investl-
gator of unusual attainments; yet he
utterly lacked every idiosyncrasy of the
great" detective OF fiction. He was
long, lank man, with thin face of
strong features. His wide, thin lips
dropped quizzically at their corners.
And his eyes were dark and, normally,
deep with humorous expression. To
Lydia's notion he was the Yankee type
lncarnate, but without that uncouth-
ness she had been bred to expect.
Because the AlsatIa, cropping her
blind way at half-speed through wrap
pings of fog ever more Opaque, per-
sisted in making night hideous with
her unearthly whoop Of warning, the
concert all but fell flat Only C-a-
ven's inexhaustible enthusiasm saved
the function.
When 1t was over Lydia, announc-
ing her Intention of going to bed. de-
The Jasper news., 1917-08-16
CHAPTER VII.

Mrs. Beggarstarf was right. who
herself admitted that she was always
right: Lydia was very happy girl.
She had, indeed, never been so happy
since those memorable days when Cra-
Nen'S rare, capricious, and always un-
expected appearances in England had
invariably signaliZed his amazing
Sprees of paternal indulgence-frolics
from which, as from the nirvana Of
fairy tales, one emerged in childish de-
moralization to renew acquaintance
with the hard and grimy facts of life
as lived in Mrs. Grummlc'S Blooms
bury lodging house, or with the chilly
routine of the Misses Stint's Select
Academy for Daughters of Gentlemen.
She lived those days in delicious ex-
element. She would be q strange girl
of twenty had her imagination not
quickene1 to the romance inherent In
the words secret agent. To think her
self the object of stealthy surveillance,
as daughter and conf1dante Of past
master of devious diplomacy; to think
she must ever keep her courage bright
in the shadow of nameless dangers, be
forever jealous of the great secret,
comport herself always warily-in
these persuasions lay delight as deep
and abiding as that of n girl playing
the mischief at her first bal masQue.
Not infrequently she would catch
Craven regarding her with his dark
and quizzical smile; and then she
would flush and smile spiritedly in re-
turn, thrilled to think he read her
thoughts and understood.
One circumstance alone flawed the
perfect jewel of her happiness-the
second and final disappearance of her
Sar1onyX cameo.
The first time Lydia had missed 1t
it had turned up safe and sound be-
fore bedtime in its place on top of the
chest of drawers. But the next day 1t
vanished again and finally. And
though for time her hope ran high
that the finder would return the trim
ket in view of the rather heavy re-
ward posted by Craven, when moth
ing of the sort happened she felt
forced to accept the hypothesis that
the clasp had worked loose when she
had been lounging beside the rail. de.
livering the brooch to the sea.
In her new relationship with her fa-
ther Lydia found several friendships
that, however young, promised perma-
nence.
For one, Mrs. Beggarstaff had un-
hi cob fnT 90 IfyHt
which the girl was quick to divine and
reclprocate with q frank and-if un-
demonstrative-real affection. And
the Dowager Dragon was daily vast
ing much time In amiable pickering
with Craven about his daughters fu-
ture, openly discountenancing his in
tentlon to make Lydia part Of his me-
mage; Mt least until there should be
a second Mrs. Craven to keep his house
in order-and its master, into the bar
gain.
Though" she once amended ac-
ridly in the presence of Mrs. Merrl-
lees, "as Cor that, to my taste, Betty's
altogether too frivolous to make q
proper duenna. Mark my words, Tad,
just as soon as that pretty feather
weight head finds out life with you is
not one round Of pleasure, she's going
to cut loose and lead you dance that
won't leave breath in your fat little
body. And then what will become of
the childW
"Oh. blow your meddlingp Craven
The Jasper news., 1917-08-16
Embarrassing MIstake.

'T guess III keep away from the
music room hereafter" said Mr.. Cum
rox.
"Don't you care for music2"
"Yes. But not all kinds. try to
be classical to please the family. The
other day when we We're giving con-
cert, / broke in ahead of time and rap
tusousiy applauded the plano tuner"
The Jasper news., 1917-08-16

SYNoPSls.-A weLbred Engshwoman,
ous finds when she boards Asaa bound Lv
New York. stateroom
staff wealthy
The girl introduces herself Lucy Carteret and going
America her father Lucys behavior
staff who is vastly surprised to find the girl
nfcent necklace stolen
Lucy the her
of them Thaddeus Craven her father whom
Lydia girl discovers
ress charming widow engaged be is
bachelor but she and Lydia like another
with Lydia and Mrs.
going give Lydia for we'd
ding
The Jasper news., 1917-08-16
AWFUL rho,Ioht.

Church-I understand IL the sun
were made of solid coal. 1t would burn
out In less than five thousand years.
Gotham-Yes. and think what we'd
have to pay for sunlight
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-11
morrow a steaming bog.
] add Difficulty to Distance.

morrow a steaming bog.
] add Difficulty to Distance.
With Isolation do conspire to un-
Joint the endeavors Of man. ] tug at
the wheels Of the grain cart, that bread
may be dear l hamper those who
would feed the race am an enemy
Of church and school. mire the heal
er on his rounds and delay the coming
that little ones may die.
am a disruptor Of Home. / speed
the first-born to the cities when / am
fair to see; and when he would return
face him with my forbidding depths.
minister to Bitterness; and lay tax
on all the world, There is none who
lives who does not pay me tribute
When men plonghed with a crooked
stick | was there When the ancients
covered me with stones slipped away
to other lands. am the Oldest lie
that lives today. Men count me cheap.
I know the price they pay who count
me SO.
am the unimproved highway.
My name is Mud
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-11
Safety First

prepared by City Clerk Reynolds)
All drivers Of motor vehicles in the
public streets Of the City of Chickasha
are prohibited from doing the follow
ing things by the traffic ordinances:
Don't exceed the speed limit on
Chickasha avenue, and in the zone
bounded by first street on the east
Kansas avenue on the south, Fifth
street on the west. and Choctaw ave-
nue. on the north. Within these limits
the speed is ten miles per hour and
eight miles per hour when crossing
an intersecting street or avenue, and
six miles per hour when turninga cor
nes. In other districts the speed linn
IL is miles per hour.
Don't pass a street car to the right
while it has stopped to load or unload
passengers.
Don't pass another vehicle without
sounding a warning horn or gong.
CKeep to the left while passing a We
hicle).
Don't drive with the muffler open.
Don't fail to stop when signaled BY
an officer
Don't stop in the street, except at
the curb thereof, unless signaled to do
SO by an officer.
Don't fail to give aid to anyone who
is hurt in an accident
Don't permit the engine to run while
the car is unattended.
Don't allow a person under sixteen
years OF age to drive your car or mo
torcycle.
Don't drive car or motorcycle
without a city drivers license.
Don't drive car or motorcycle with
out displaying a state license number
or 'license applied for card"
Don't drive a motor vehicle after
nightfall without lights. Automobiles
are required to have at least one white
light on front and one colored light /
on rear.
Don't drive an automobile without 4
the brakes and horn in working order. /
Don't fail to give right-ofway to
fire apparatus.
nont forget that the flremen are in
a hurry and need plenty of space in
turning corners, etc.
Don't park your car near fire or fire
apparatus while in action.
Don't drive across fire hose.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-11
WILL ASK BOUNTY ON COYOTES
IN ELEVEN WESTERN STATES
By United Press.

By United Press.
Salt Lake, Utah, Jan. 11-Plans for
teh adoption OF a uniform bounty law
for coyotes seriously hampering sheep
raising in the western range states
win be made at thre three-day conven-
ton Of the National Woolgrowers as
sociation which opened here today.
A special committee will report a
measure which it framed for the legis-
latures Of the eleven western states of
Utah, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, Wy
oming, Arizona. New Mexico, Nevada,
Oregon and Washington A bounty of
$3.50 a head will be proposed.
An estimated investment of $780,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-11
NOTICE TO PAY PAVING TAX

All interested property owners are
hereby notified that the 1917 Install
ment OF assessments, levied and as
sessed against the lots and parcels Of
land abutting upon Kansas avenue,
from 1st street to the east line of the
alley between 5th street and 9Th
street, become due and payable, at the
office OF the City Clerk, Of the City Of
Chickasha. Oklahoma, on the 1st day
of February, 1917, and unless paid on
or before the 18th day Of February,
1917. are subject to penalty thereaf-
ter until paid and such installment of
assessments together with the inter
est thereon must be certified by the
City Clerk, TO the County Treasurer
for collection as other taxes are col
lected.
The owners of property abutting on
such portion OF Kansas Ave. as lies
east of the alley between 5th and 9Th
streets should promptly attend to the
payment Of such taxes on or before
the 18th day Of February, 1917, as un-
der the provisions OF the paving law
DO extension of time for such payments
tan be granted.
E.G. REYNOLDS,
1ff-16t City Clerk.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-11
lam THE UNIbiPROVED HIGHWAY


H II. G. Andrews, in the William
Penn Highway Bulletin. Harrisburg,
ann; copyright 1916, by the VIII
lam Penn Highway associatlon.l
am the unimproved highway
MY name is Mud
The foot that pattered in primeyal
slime gave me birth.
Unchanged while the ages passed.
have endured. Time has but served tc
increase my infinite variety Earth
born, and without soul, yet have
lived From the beginning have been
mans enemy,
A dust-colored python am l. stretch
ing my length across the hills, waiting
my time to crush endeavor
have shared caravans that left
bleaching bones N lands now desert.
Empires have fallen because of me.
! have turned victories into rout; |
have trapped mighty leaders and have
crushed armies
am without faith; and those who
trust me ! deceive
Today ] am fair to look upon; to-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-11

DR.. Kings New Discovery is a sooth-
ing. healing remedy for coughs and
colds that has stood the test Of nearly
fifty years. For that cough that
strains the throat and saps the vitality
try DR.. Kings New Discovery. The
soothing pine balsams and mild laxa-
tive ingredients soon drive the cold
from the system. Have a bottle on
hand for winter colds, Group, grippe
and bronchial affections. At your
Druggist. soc. d-w-1-mo.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-11
inactivity Causes Constipation

Lack OF exercise in the winter is a
frequent cause Of constipation. Yon
feel heavy, dull and listless. your
complexion is sallow and pimply, and
energy at low ebb. Clean up this con-
dition at once with Or. Kings New Life
pills, mild laxative that relieves the
congested intestines without gripping.
A dose before retiring will assure you
a full and easy movement in the morn
ing. 25c at your druggist d-w-1-mo.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-11
sI0na,s LInIment For stIff JoInts

Rheumatic pains and aches get into
the points and muscles, making every
movement torture. Relieve your suf-
fering with Slona's Liniment; it quick
ly penetrates without rubbing, and
soothes and warns your sore muscles.
The congested blood is stimulated to
action; single application will drive
out the pain. Slona's Liniment is
clean, convenient and quickly effec-
tive, it does not stain the skin or clog
the pores. Get bottle today at your
Druggist, 25c. d-w-1-mo.