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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-10-25
MOVIE EXHIBITORS ARE pa
TRioTlc

The United States civil service com.
mlssion has received an expression Of
the patriotism of practically all the
exhibitors Of motion pictures in the
United States The government IS in
need OF thousands Of typewriter oper
atora and stenographers OF both sexes
for war work in Washington. and
through iis 1000 local boards Of ex.
aminers in that many cities. the com
mission requested the owners and
managers @; motion picture theaters
10 allow free OF charge an announce
ment on their screens Of this need OF
the government The refusala we're
so few as to be negligible Not more
than a hundred Of the 10000 odd ex.
hibltors who we're approached decHn-
ed to render to the people the Ser
vice anked EveH these can not be
charged with disloyalty most OF them
held decided views a. to their duty
70 their patrons who pay Tor enter
tainmeni only
The only criticism Of tie govern
ment came from three exiiibit5fs VINO
declined on the ground that Il was
proposed TO place a tax on motion
picture tickets One owner asked re-
ipuaeration in the sum Of 25 cents a
week. and another stipulated that he
was TO be relieved OF any responsible
" for damage to the slides furnished
by the government The slides cost
less than 10 cents apiece. Almost
without exception the movie men
were not only willing. but were even
eager to serve the government IN the
manner requested This hearty re.
sponse from 10000 business men rep.
resentative Of every part Of the eouns
try has striking Significance 1t IS
interesting to note in this connection
that the estimated daily attendance
at motion picture shows in the United
States is ten million. This allows an
average Of 500 for each house
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-10-25
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

Realization without hope loses half
its charm.
Ice cream melts more feminine
hearts than hot words do.
Don't think because The mule taEes
TO his heels that he is a coward.
kissing as a theory is far less satis-
flying than a practical example.
Clothes do not make the man. yet a
man may owe a great deal TO his tailor.
When the wife wants pin money hor
husband has to come up to the scratch.
If word to the wise is sufficient
lawyers must consider jurors bloom
ing idiots.
You can nearly always judge
mans character by what he thinks,
laughable- Chicago News.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-10-25
SAYINGS or A CYNIc

Men are born, but husbands are
made.
A homely truth is better than a
handsome lie.
Some men get an awful jolt when
they fall in love.
One smile of fortune is better than
three Of her laughs.
1t is said that some evils are neces-
sary. Can you name one that isg
A man should have a good excuse
ready before committing a mean act.S
Never condemn a mans foolish ac-
tions until you are wise to his game.
1t is much easier to break a dead
mans will than live womans won't.
When a miser marries he picks out
woman who looks nice in her old
clothes.-Chicago Herald.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-10-25

Take for example your expenai-
lures with your dry goods merchant.
He Ia turn patronizes the grocer,
druggist, hardware dealer doctor law
yer dentist, etc. Then, too the sala-
ries Of his employees are also to a
large extent spent with various local
establishments.
Also in localities where home trad
ing is practiced, merchants purchase
many local products. thus turning back
to patrons some of the money spent
BY them.
No one wants to live in a dead com
munity. and it would be well to bear
in mind the fact that upon the amount
Of business transacted BY your mer
chant depends the development Of the
community as well as the prosperity
Of the citizenship
You can, except In rare Instances,
spend your money IN your home stores
as advantageousIy as elsewhere, as
even the smallest merchants. as
sule, carry standard brands in all
lines.
Nearly everything We produce in the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-10-25
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"Do your bit" is the command,
For the cause Of freedom stand.
Roll up such monster loan
That Twill make the kaiser groan.
Liberty loan drive on last lap. II
You don't buy bond youm be sorry
Likewise, Stacker
! But in spite Of his reputation for be-
ing cool, Mr. Fairbanks was warm
enough OH war matters
However wnen a woman has the
talking talent there is no kind Of
brake which will make her slow up.
It may be definitely stated that
Mayor Coffman doesn't want the Ex-
press to pay any more bills for him.
Another thing, how did we ever get I
along without the Boy Scouts? They
are making themselves mighty useful
81 simp says he notices that he al (
ways loses sleep when he goes to bed (
late and gets up early in the morning \
Anyway BIZ Donahue didn't try to
make the reporter the goat ia his un-
fortunate interview, as is customary
In such cases
Moreover. It is comparatively easy
for a confiding woman to acquire the !
idea that her husband is better man /,
than he really is
a speed fiend drove past street
car that had stopped in Kansas City
the other day Only three persons
we're killed Merely case Of triple
murder Ii
Mr. 2 Hamilton has resigned as a
member OF the Bald-Headed club after
long and honorable career as a
right and shining light in the order,
It is rumored that other designations
'il follow.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-10-25
COMMUNITY COOPERATION

Did you ever hear Of a live town oi
a live community IN which the mcr
chants were not as a body both pros
porous and progressive?
Community buying and selling sim
ply means the trading Of money from
one interest to another. thereby keep
ing as large per cent as possible OF
locally produced wealth at home
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-10-25

southwest is bringing bunner prices
and 0e should keep as much of thls
wealth as possible ia tie localities IN
which it IS created hollands Maga-
zine
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-10-25
Relief from Eczema

Don't worry about eczema or other
skin troubles. You can have a clear.
healthy skin BY using d little zemo.
obtained at any drug store for 35r ~
extra large bottle at sI.00.
leno generally removes pinples. black.
headS blotches eczema, and rincworra
and makes the skin clear ana HEALTHY,
.lemo IS a clean, penetrating. antiseptic
hquid, neither sticky nor greasy and stains
nothing. IL Is easily applied and costs 4
mere trifie for each application. Il 3
always dependable.
The Z. W. Rass Co., Cleveland. O q
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-10-25
The Yankee Mind.

victim-"W What has happened?
Where am 1?
Doctor--"You have been seriously
injured in trolley accident. But
cheer up--you will recover"
Victim-"How much New York
Times.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-10-25

it is precisely the reverse the rye
nests in the swallows. Richmond
News-Leader.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-10-25
TEN REASONS FOR SIGNING FOOD
PLEDGE

J. To feed our soldier boys
2 To feed ourselves 10 the future.
g. To feed our allies.
g 10 keep food prices down.
3 TO be patriotic
6 TO be Humanitarian
z To bring the war to close soon.
s TO help destroy mllltarism
3 To insure world peace IN future.
10 To show soldier boys We are be-
hind them
II we are to supply our allies with
the necessary food, and are 70 reduce
our own price 6f food stuffs during
the coming winter. it can only be ac-
complished by the utmost self-denial
and service on the part OF all the peo-
pie through the elimination Of waste
and by rigid economy in the use Of
food Woodrow Wilson.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-10-25
What poes ThIs Me- :

4 Kentucky novel speaks Of swal-
lows nesting in the rye. Evidently
mot a raliee writer or he Of she
would have know that IN Kentucky
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-10-25
A STOLEN SMILE 'ER TWO =
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Corporal (instructing awkward
squad in rifle practisel-'T told you
20 take a fine sight. YOU dub; don't
you know what a fine sight is?"
Rookie-"Sure. boat full Of cor
norals sinking Judge
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-10-25

We usually profit more from the mis-
takes Of others than from our own.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-10-25

Words fail the most of us when we
attempt to let our money talk.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-10-25

For real pleasure there is nothing
like the fun OF spending the other fell
lows coin.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-10-25

Realization without hope loses half
its charm.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-10-25

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-08
KIN OF "BuFFALo BILL" ADvo-
Gates MONUMENT ERECTION
AT PLACE or birth.
FARM ON WHICH CODY
WAS BORN NEAR LEcLAlRE
Lies on Mississippi River in Scott
county-sister Says "RuffaIo Bill"
Never Resided in Des Moines--Fa am
lily Moved to Kansas in 1s54-Assd
Sister Resides at Cody, Wyo.

Clinton, Feb. S.--That the monument
which 1t is proposed shall be erected
by the state of Iowa to honor the late
William 4. Cody ("Buffalo Bill'D
should be on the site of the old farm
in Scott county, near LeClaire, where
Buffalo BIZ and other members Of
the Cody family were born, is the
wish OF Colonel Codys sister, Mrs.
Julia Cody Goodman. of Cody, Wyo.
Writing to the Herald on the sub
ject, Mrs. Goodman says:
BY chance picked up the Clinton
Herald and in looking over it saw
n notice In regard to Iowa having a
monument erected in honor Of my be-
loved brother, William Frederick Cody,
who was born in Scott county, Feb. %,
1876 We were both born in the same
house, on March %, 1913.
Fathers farm al that time was two
thirds of mile west of the part of
LeClare called at that time Park :
hurst town and on the Mississippi
river, and 1t seems to me that Scott
county should have the monument. as
my brother never lived i'm Des Moincs.
My father moved TO Kansas in 1864.
Now II there are any questions YOU
would like to aek. shall be glad to
answer them. i was with my brother
when he died In Denver Jan 10, and
have only been back here for j
week.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-08
Write to Hotel Radisson. Minneap-
oils. for descriptive booklets.--Adver-
fisement,
Splendid for
Bad Coughs, Colds,
Bronchitis
An Inexpenaive Homemade Rem
eay--Gtves surest, Quickest
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VOO0SOOO~~
( Anyone who tries this pleasant taet::
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quickly understand Why i y used N
Canada than any other cough remedy.
cough, giving immediate relief, will make
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remedy that should be kept handy in
every home. to use at the first sign of .
cough during the night or day time.
Any druggist can supply you with
eh ounces 81 Pinex esd cents worthy.
Pour this into pint bottle and fill the
bottle with plain graduated sugar
-syrilp. The total cost is about "a cents
and you have. . full pint Of the most
effective remedy you ever used.
The quick, lasting relief you get from
this excellent cough syrup will really
surprise you. It promptly heals the
inflamed membranes that line the throat
and air passages, stops the annoying
throat tickle, loosens the phlegm. and
soon your cough stops entirely. Spleen
did Tor bronchitis: Group. whooping
cough and bronchial asthma.
Pinex is q highly concentrated com:
pound of Norway pine extract, combined
with puaiacol and is famous the world
over for its healing effect on the mem
70 avoid disappointment ask for "2H
ounces of Pinex'' with full directions
and don't accept anything else. A guar
antee of absolute satisfaction or money
promptly refunded goes with this prep
aration. The Pinex Co., Fl. Wayne,
Ind.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-08
MILL STRIKE SETTLED
Employees of Quaker Oats Company at
Cedar Rapids Reach Agreement With
Manager and Return to Work-Con-
n1ittee Of Union Men Peaeemakers.

Cedar Rapids, FEB. S.-Thru the Ell
forts of a committee of union card
men who have been working in the
Quaker Oats mill thru the recent I'M
involving some seven hundred workers
was settled Wednesday afternoon. The
strikers accepted superintendent
Laird's proposition and agreed to re-
turn to work this morning.
Tuesday evening it appeared that
both sides had determined to fight out
the strike to finish. But the com
mittee from the machinists, sheet metal
workers electricians and n!i!i"":iisshht,SS
working in the mills continued their
efforts to bring the strike to close
This committee consisted of George
J. Thompson chairman representing
the machinists; J. +. DostaL, of the
sheet metal workers; Adolph Prazek.
Of the electricians; amid G. Hansen, OF
the millwrights
This committee attended meeting
Of the strikers Tuesday evening and
held a protracted session with the eX-
ecutive committee Of the federation
Of labor They agreed to carry prop
osition to Mr.. Laird. After a confer
ence with Superintendent Laird Wed
nesday morning they obtained from
him the following proposition. which
was presented by them to the mass
meeting of the strikers at the city au-
ditorium Wednesday afternoon.
1. No discrimination for union af-
filiation.
2. The employees discharged since
this trouble are not to be taken back
at this time.
3. A committee from each depart
ment has the privilege of taking up
grievances with the management. The
committee to consist of three members
two of whom must have been In our
employ xone year. /.
T. No walkout without one weeks
written notice.
5. We request a public statement
that We never agreed to recognize the
union in this plant.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-08

n lsg fs u Or v ounOotoros s F
New York. Feb 1 Military training
Of thousands OF boys between the ages
Of l6 and is years and the enrolment
of o half million woman suffragists In
the cause OF national defense were an
nounced last night as among the activ-
tiles under way in New York states
scheme Of preparation for possible hos
Titles.
The state military training com
mission, OF which Mai Gen. John r..
O'Ryan, In command Of the national
guard. is chairman. after an all day
session perfected q plan to begin the
organization OF cadet corps to con-
sist OF all boys in the state between
the ages Of 16 and is who are not at
present employed, II is estimated .
corps OF $4,000 boys from public and
private schools will at once become
available. Should an amendment pass
which has been proposed to the mill
tary training law providing that
working boys be not exempted from
service the cadet corps 1t was said.
would be increased to about 100000.
Enrolment Of woman suffragists
came in the form Of an announcement
by the executive committee of the New
York State woman suffrage party that
their services had been offered to Gov
error Whitman. The woman suffrage
party OF the city OF New York also
passed resolution offering to Mayor
Mitchell the services of its membership,
numbering 100000.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-08
Spelling Bee a. Greene.
to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Greene, Feb. S.-There was a great
deal of interest taken here at the
spelling contest Tuesday evening The
preliminary contest between the
''issers'' and has beens' proved to be
the main feature of the evening. About
twenty FIVE of the has beens. consisting
OF doctors, lawyers, ministers, stenos-
raphers, besides some of the ladies Of
the town lined up one side of the stage.
and about an equal number of the high
school pupils on the other side. Final
" the has beens" Won ont with five
still in the game. The five remaining
were Mrs. c. Fl. Williams, Mrs. W.
G. Moon. Miss Bess Shirer, Mrs. Will
ham Struggles. and J. 6. Mitchell
The contest sutwsSn the sixth, sew
enth and eighth grades lasted only q
short time, and the winners We're
Marx S.nsies first, Elmer Becker. OF
Ga X: H., s; :es;:a aaa E.rl Scne,ns-
men third, The MINERS VII enter the
county spelling contest at Dument next
week @
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-08
HOW l DARKENED MY
GRAY HAIR
Lady Gives Simple Home Recipe That
She Used to Darken Her
Gray Hair.

For years l tried to restore my gray
hair to it's natural color with the pre-
pared dyes and stains, but none of them
gave satisfaction and they were all ex-
pensive. finally ran onto a simple re-
cipe which mixed at home that gives
wonderful results. I gave the recipe
which is as follows, to number of my
friends. and they are all delighted with
i. To ozs. OF water add a small box
II Barbo Compound, OF. of bay rum
and X OF. OF glycerine. These ingred-
lents can be bought at any drug store
1t very little cost. Use every other day
until the hair becomes the required
shade. It will not only darken the gray
hair, but make it soft and glossy. It Is
not sticky or greasy and does not rub
- 4
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-08

quietly discussing the measure with
members OF the house and senate with
the idea Of introducing the bill when
there appears to be sufficient sentiment
to support It,
According to the bill, the office OF
recorder would be discontinued, the
work Of the recorder being placed pn-
der the clerk Of the district court. This
will save from $1,000 to $4,000 annually
in every county.
The hackers Of the move say that
the work of the recorder is clerical and
that the clerk OF the court can take
care of the recording of deeds thru
deputy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-08
'pecial to Times r Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Fertile, Feb. Son account of the
storms and severe cold of last week,
the dedication program for the new
consolidated school building, which had
been planned for Feb. 2, was post
poned.
The severe storm Of Sunday not
only interfered with the regular activ<
tiles of the people, but in many cases
caused damage and loss William
Faukell, a farmer living just west Of
Fertile, lost nine fat hogs in the storm.
The hogs sought refuge in some straw
in the barnyard and were covered with
snow and straw and nine of them
smothered. The hogs on the market
would have been worth more than
5000.
At meeting OF the Fertile Christian
church board it was decided to begin
work at once in preparation for the
rebuilding of the church. which was
destroyed by fire Jan. IS. Two COM
mittees were appointed: a building
committee to work on plans for the
new building and soliciting commit
tee to take charge of the financing
proposition.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-08
Traer New. Items.
Special to Times-Republican.

special 10 11neS-kSepuDlCaH.
Traer Feb. S.--Frank Soda, promi-
nent Bohemian farmer living four miles
south Of Traer died very suddenly
Sunday evening He started to do the
chores, when an attack came suddenly
and he lived less than half hour The
funeral was held from the Catholic
church on Wednesday. Mr.. Soda was
brother of Mrs. Slatinka, of Traer.
and was about so years old.
A three day band festival is being
planned by the Traer concert band for
the latter part of February. Concerts
by the home band and one or more
outside bands and home talent min
strel show will be the program.
A new daughter. Maxine May arrived
Saturday at the home of Tracy Anes.
a former Traer resident, now conduct
ing restaurant in Riceville. Mrs.
Ames was daughter Of Eugene Duke,
an early resident of Traer.
Mrs. D. T. Bower and daughter, Miss
Eta, leave Monday for Salem, Ore, to
visit their son and brother Bert.
former Traer postmaster. They ex-
pect to remain indefinitely.
The Farmers Institute elected the
following officers foT the ensuing yes -
Louis Alberts, of Grant, president;
Wilson Fleming. vice president; Will
Breckenridge, secretary; Leonard
Stavely, treasurer.
Miss Lucretia Owens, who has been
seriously Ill of middle ear trouble. lie
improving satisfactorily in the Farm
ham hospital. An operation was
deemed inadvisable.
Mr.. and Mrs. Holub. new corners
from Missouri, have decided to make
Traer their permanent home. They
have purchased a lot in south Traer Of
Fl, E. Pratt and will build the coming
snrinR III
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-08
Grinnell and Vicinity.
to Times Republican

opSSiai 70 y INES RepGbilGafl
Grinne!l, Feb. S. Miss Ella P.lsr.i7
was the happy victim OF pre- rIt,,t!af
aluminium shower, yesterday afternoon
given by her aunt Mrs. Norman pil-
grim, and Mrs. Rowe There wore
twenty-five present, including the
members OF the Maple Grove mission
AIRY society. Miss Pilgrim Is to be
married on the 2lst OF this month to
WIZ Steeples, 4 farmer living south OF
Grinnell
Serious fears are entertained os q
water famine in this city unless effee-
tive steps are promptly taken {, IN
crease the water supply and 10 greatly
decrease the water wastage. The city
council gathered at the water works
yesterday afternoon with the city man
ager to consider necessities and posi-
ofEties. AT present the amount of wa
ter stored in the reservoirs is very
small The pumps have lately been
worked about to their full CAPACITY
without gaining on the water used and
the wastage Yesterday with the ris-
ins 0! the mercury the p1T1lps gained
probably $4,000 gallons. 1t seems a ne
cesslty OF the immediate future thar /.
storage capac.ea * doables what We
now havea or even greater. should be
provided. And the further OUTLOOK; Is
that new deep well must be provided
before very long. While the present
TWO wells and the present pumping
power arc sufficient to keep the city
supplied when every condition is nor
NAL 1t is recognized that any. greatly
unusual call for water or any break
age of machinery by which the supply
was much curtailed would bring dis
aster. The council is working at the
problem and will hold another consul
tation this afternoon.
George Fister reports the condition
Of his little son as hopeful tho the little
fellow is very weak. His case was
diagnosed as appendicitis but proved 10
be even worse than was feared. as the
appendix had so bored into the in:es-
tine as to produce serious complica-
tons and it was feared by those best
fitted to judge that he could not re-
cover
Arthur Buswell. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
C. P. Boswell, is i'll with 81 mild case Of
scarlet fever ana the Boswell residence,
corner of Fifth avenue and Summer
street, is under quarantine.
Miss Genevieve Norris has dropped
her work in college here at the end Of
the first semester and has gone to Den
YER whore she will take up a course Of
training for nurses in st. Luke's hos
pital,
c. A. Phillips is suffering from the
breaking of both bones of the arm
above his right wrist by fall from
a telephone pole on the Henry Erick-
son farm southeast Of Grinnell.
County Superintendent Estelle Coon
announces the regular county institute
to be held in Grinnell on Thursday and
Friday of next week
The bonds issued to pay for the
street improvements OF 1909 and 1910
having been paid of the city council
cancelled and annulled the tax OF 31a
per cent levied for that purpose. A tax
Of 4 mills is to be levied on all taxable
property of the city OF Grinnell, Begin
ming with the year 1917 and continuing
for each successive year as may be
necessary to pay of the $4,000 i'm
provement bonds to be issued for re-