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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-20
ORGANIZING OUR MAN.POwER.

Representative Kann, OF California.
ranking member OF the house military
committee, has announced that when
congress meets in December he will sub
NIT an amendment to the draft law to
make II include all men between Is and
10. The administration is said to be op-
posed to raising the maximum age lin.
Il. The proposal. however, raises some
interesting questions.
The author OF the measure frankly
declares that his purpose is to provide
an ample supply of men for what may
be II long war. He is afraid that not
enough men can be obtained from the
100000 registered under the present
law.
Nobody knows how long the war will
last. an dtherefore nobody can tell how
many soldiers we shall need. But ex-
perts on the other side seem agreed that
the possibilities are amply met by the
preparations We have made. The con-
scription OF ligible men between 81 and
81 Is expected to provide 100000 men.
IL is regarded as UNLIKELY that more
than that number of Americans can be
used to advantage in Europe. Our al
lies say that they need food and military
equipment more than fighters. Machin-
cry is depended on now to win battles.
Our chief role is to provide our allies
with all the material resources they
can use, and ships to carry 1t in. If We
undertake to raise armies on the same
scale as Great Brtan's, we shall Grip.
pie our productive power
And yet, it might be worth while to
follow the main lines of Congressman
Kahn's proposal. and register all the
men from Is to 40-not necessarily for
actual military service, but for the sake
of having great. organized bodies of
men who could be used for home de-
fense or for any other great national
purpose. The lads under 81 and the
mature men over 81 would never be
called to the colors unless all the eligi-
BILE men OF prime military age were ex-
housted. But work could always be
found for them in war time, and per
haps in time of peace, too.
Suppose the government enrolls the
Il 100000 male Americans included
within the proposed age limits II would
possess invaluable data concerning the
major part of our energetic and effec-
tive manhood. IL would know the capa-
bilities of all these millions, and how
and where TO get them when wanted. 1t
could assign them, in case of need, to
any vital national task, giving each
man the work best suited TO him.
We have as yet hardly began to APP
preciate the possibilities of cooperative
effort on q national scale. The war is
teaching us. We're learning to work
together and acquiring a new sense of
public spirit and service. 1t might be
good idea to go ahead in some such
way as this, while the organizing's good,
and organize our whole vast man.power.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-20
THE CONSTRUCTIVE WAY.

The cry iS save. save. saver! says
George II. Maxwell, executive director
OF the National Reclamation associa'
ton. why not produce as well as
saver"
Conservation of food, clothing, all the
resources we now have, Is logical
enough, but 1t goes only half way. The
constructive method of winning the
war is by meeting deficits with greater
production.
The trouble with the whole situa-
ton" says Mr.. Maxwell is an inter.
view TO the New York Times. "in that "A
tremendous effort is being made TO OBJ
tain food conservation. without an ef-
fort being made in any large, systemat-
c way. to increase food production.
Food production can be increased
during the coming year 20 per cent, 40
per cent. SO per cent-anything the gov
ernment desires to win the war"
Mr.. Maxwell suggests holding rainfall
by embankments which the farmer him
self can build. There is also contour
plawing. where there is any slope, and
irrigation. Winter crops to be reaped
in the spring of 1918 instead OF In the
fall. are suggested for lands with suit
able climates. such as Arizona and Cali
fornia-
The establishment of a farm service
corps. a farm.training correspondence
school and the exemption from war
duty of every young farmer who would
enlist in this service Is urged by Mr.
Maxwell.
The fundamental principle OF the
whole thing Is this: There are two
types OF peopel. those who are naturally
savers BY temperament and those who
are producers. To the first class. there
is more pleasure in passing a soda foun-
tain on a hot day and putting the ten
cents in the bank than there would be
in drinking the soda. To the others. the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-20
THE WIDOWS MIGHT.

Wichita CKan) Beacon: There is in
a widow since the eldest of her three
sons was eight years old
For many years she has worked al
anything she could get to do. that her
sons might receive the best possible
education. AS with Cornelia, they were
her Jewels" They represented every.
thing she had. The might of her moth.
er.love and pride was wrapped up in
them.
The two eldest had just come to the
age when they could turn about and
support their mother when war was
declared.
She said, Don't wait for the draft,
boys. Enlist now"
With her cracked and toil-worn hands
she packed their suitcases last week.
Everything was neatly arranged When
she saw the little personal belongings
lying there-that was the hard part.
but the time came for departure and
she bravely and cheerfully said goodby
TO them. and now they are gone
II will be harder work from now on.
The cost of living goes higher and high.
er and the war prosperity is not of
the kind to help her.
The widow has no money for the
many war activities before the public.
Her name does not get into the papers.
And He called nnto Him His disci-
pies. and saith unto them, Verify / say
unto you. that this poor widow hath
cast more in than all they which have
cast into the treasury; For they did
east in OF their abundance; but she of
her want did cast in all that she had
even her living"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-20

over since. The city Is u strange admix-
ture OF east and west. and. as II ~
often the case. ths two may frequently
be found side by side. Yet even the
more modern European quarter Is In.
tensely Asiatic and distinctively Persian.
Just AK Il In possible to fashion Latin
type 80 that, nj distance. II has, all the
appearance Of Chinese characters. 10. In
the hands OF the eastern tailor. does the
most western garment In Teheran an.
sumo an eastern aspect. Broad. straight
streets may 1ostle out OF the way the
narrow eastern alley; modern buildings.
street lamps. shop fronts. electric light
ing, and tramways may come and cstab-
lish themselves; but. by deft change
here and a deft change there. the sense
of continuity is somehow always pre-
served. The master tailor may hail from
the west end. but the journeymen are
all from Persia.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-20
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-20
For Burning Eczema

Greasy salves and ointments should not
be applied If good clear skin is wanted.
From any druggist for 35c, or 500 for
extra large size, get bottle of zemo.
When applied as directed it effectively
removes eczema. quickly stops itching. and
heals skin troubles, also sores. burns.
wounds and chatting. It penetrates, cleanses
and soothes. Zemo is clean, dependable
and inexpensive, penetrating. antiseptic
liquid. Try it. as we believe nothing you
have ever usedis as effective and satisfying.
The E. W. Roee Co.. Cleveland. o.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-20
SCHOOLS CLOSING BECAUSE
OF LACK OF TEACHERS; 35
PER CENT GO To WAR

Chicago, Oct. 20.-War has drawn ON
the nations teaching force to such an
extent that schools are closing at an
alarming rate, according to DIR. M. L.
Prentiss. head immigration inspector
and chief of the local division Of the
government bureau of employment.
Thirty-five per cent OF the countrys
teachers, he estimates. either have en-
listed or have been drafted since July
!. 1t has been found almost impossi.
BILE. he declared. to get male teachers
for rural schools
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-20
DIDN'T TOUCH ME-"
is CIST OF GERMAN
REPORT ON BOMBING

Amsterdam. Oct. 19.-Reports from
Germany published in Dutch newspa-
pers are to the effect that the attack
on Frankfort-on-the-Main last Friday
by entente aviators caused no damage.
Several bombs were dropped. but they
struck on vacant ground. II is alleged
The airmen We're beaten of by gun
fire. the Germans claim.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-20

natural thing II to spend the dime. and
depart so refreshed that the next move
II 10 earn "a dollar.
To the savers. food conservation
comes naturally, They really enjoy that
way Of helping the country. And II is
u good way. But saving lrks large
part OF the population. those who want
to work positively instead OF negatively.
For them this idea OF Increasing pro-
duotion comes rs "a trumpct.call.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-20
The Puzzle OF II.

Boston Transcript: Pst watching
aeroplane fiightb-But what poozles me,
Tirence, is what the mischief kapes it
up.
Terence-Shure. It's little ye know
Pat Casey. Nv the terrific foorce av
gravitation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-20
n Didn't Bother Him.

Boston Transcript: Mrs Grogan: Pat
wake up, oi can't shape a wink on
account av yure shnoring.
Grogan-Ye musht TRY an gift used
to II the same as OF have. Oi niver
notice IL mesilf. at all, at all.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-20
Something Learned Every Day.

Boston Transcript: He-Poor Brown
He has lost all his money in a wildcat
mining company.
she-Mercy. l didn't know you had
to mine for Wildcats
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-20
FLIES ACROSS CAUCASUS.

Petrograd. Oct. 20.-A Russian avia-
tor has arrived at Vladikavkas, after a
flight Of ten hours from Tifiis across
the Caucasus mountains.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-20

Nip and tuck" is an expression sig
nifying an equality, or nearly so. but
particularly in a horse race or game
equivalent 10 the phrase neck and
neck"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-20

and on the line win be put where they
belong. When the German people final.
ly do the manful thing the day win be
done for a crown prince who Is given
military authority only because he ~
a crown prince. They cannot go on
forever making goats OF generals.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-20
Political Observations.

Notwithstanding objection TO It's adop'
tion on the ground that woman sur.
frage is not moral issue and therefore
does not concern church bodies. a reso'
luton favoring suffrage was adopted by
the National Council Of Congregational
Churches by large majority
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-20
After q Home Run.

Boston Transcript: What's that
roaring noise over there?"
The bawl game"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-20

BY mere waste, caused by coins rub
bing against one another, the civilized
world loses one and onequarter tons of
gold and eighty-five tons of silver an
nually.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-20

The carbohydrates include all starch
es and sugars. No carbohydrates are
found in meat, or eggs. Carbohydrates
are found in all vegetables and cereals
also in milk and cheese.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-20

Our crops are not only wonderfully
big, but of unusually good quality. The
excellence of our wheat output just
about compensates for its comparative
smallness. The department of agricul-
ture announces that If we rate the
quality of last years wheat at II per
cent, this years is 80 per cent.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-20

When we become a nation OF bond
holders - Liberty Bonds-holders 49, the
kaiser viii be done for
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-20

The gubcrnatorial campaign In vir
glnia is so onesided II is attracting littl,
attention. and the indications point to q
remarkably small vote Thousands Of
voters being assured Of the election OF
the Democratic candidates viii not TAX,
the trouble 10 40 10 the polls next month
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-20

The phrase. take French leave" is
100 years old, but the custom which
1t celebrates, Withdrawing without final
was an established prac-
tice In Germany 500 years ago
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-20
THINGS WORTH KNOWING.
OF the twenty-five leading national
flags, nineteen have red in them.

German men both or and of the
firing line are wearing shirts made of
paper and wood pulp. owing TO the scar
city OF cloth.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-20

The Hermitage was the name given
by Andrew Jackson TO his home. near
Nashville. Tenn. where he lived many
years and died and was buried. The
state converted It into a home for aged
Confederate soldiers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-20

Non partisanship is rampant In Mas.
sachuaetts. Republicans are putting II
TO Democrats that the latter should lay
aside party spirit and vote for Mccall
because he is war governor" and
the Democrats are pleading with the
Republicans to show their patriotism
and indorse President Wilson by elect.
ing Mansfield. the Democratic candl.
date for CoVernor
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-20
SERVICE
STATION

time. We will be glad to
test itand hydrometer it as
often as you wish-free of
charge. We sell the USL
on q Is month"; guaranteed
adjustment plan.
Made in All Sizes for
All Cars
USL batteries are made
in all sizes for all cars or
starting and lighting sys-
tens, no matter what type
or yearly model. We can
give you an attractive ex-
change proposition if you
wish to trade in your old
battery.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-25
IGNORANT OF RURAL LIFE

The galaxy of talent that gave birth to the series of
questions asked regstrants may possibly have under
stood of the things they prepared the questions for
but it is evident not of them knew anything about
farm labor. Had they done so they would have
asked of the farm laborer: FWhat do you do the
farm?" If they had they would surely have left more
than three inch blank line for the The answer
would read something like this: Get up at O'Clock,
feed the horses and the hogs curry my team cut enough
wood for the day, milk three cows and get ready for
breakfast Feed the calves hitch up my team and plow
harrow run a mower harvester according to the
until Do the until night unhitch and
feed my team hang up their harness. feed the hogs milk
three cows feed the calves, cut some more wood dig
potatoes for next days and clean up all odds
and ends Of chores if possible before dark and if have
time patch the fence where the cattle broke it the day
before and attend to any other little things that happen
to need fixing By this time, especially in the it
is o'clock and start for bed in the hope of not meeting
myself the way from it to do the morning chores
This would not be the in each but general
outline it will fit the average pretty we'll The idea
of asking farmland farm owner for that matter
what he does the farm would be ridiculous if it did
not break the border of the pathetic No. the fellows
who got up those questions for agrcultursts did not
know anything about the rural life
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-25
DIVIDED THE BONUS

few years since the city of St. Paul had hunch that
1T was in the grasp of the big packers Morris and Swift
Thinking that competition from outside concern would
help matters somewhat and also reduce prices the city
invited Armour Co., to set up plant within the city.
The most valuable site in the city for plant offered
besides bonus Of $5O000O Armour Co. nibbed at
the bait just long enough not to anxious and then
took it. A plant built in St. Paul to compete with
Morris and Swift Now, the food investigation on in
Washington brought to light Saturday the painful Ito
St Pau fact that the first thing Armour did, when he
put in the plant to divide the $5OOOOO bonus with
his friends, Morris and Swift the firms he was brought
to ST. Paul especially to combat Stung. you lived in
St. Paul and had helped plunk up that $4,000 bonus
wouldn't you feel like somebody ought to take you out
and give you kicking? Verify oosening the tentacles
the big meat packers combine has upon the country is
like going out with crowbar and trying to jab it
through concrete pavement well seasoned and two feet
thick
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-25
The Daily Novelette,
i ~ j. 4 x ** ~ i
LIVE AND GROW OLD


You are right, gentle reader, the
face of yon waiter in the white and
soup-spot apron looks quite familiar.
Why, if it ism t our old friend, Odds.
en- Ends the riddle field Well met!
Just in time to get into today's story.
Even as we recognize him, he bends
over a customer for his order.
| "Tea," said the customer laconical-
ly He was an extra large customer
with hard-boiled eyes and an apopletie
chin.
"Tea? Yes sir, at once, sir,v snaf-
fered Oddsen Ends "'But might 1 ask
ask you sir-do you know why male
tea, he-tea, one might say, is always in
a better humor than female tea?''
"Who9 What9" raped out the GUS
toner.
"Because male tea is tee he hel"
explained Oddsen Ends with girlish
giggle.
"What flookery is this heheq Bring
me me teal" roared the customer.
" Yes sir, at once, sir, +" said Oddsen
Ends. And not more than twenty min
utes later he set a steaming cup of
Solong tea before the customer, re-
marking sweetly at the same time,
=" You will notice there is no sugar, sir.
Owing to the scarcity Of sugar, sir,
there ism t any,
"W-what2' beloved the customer.
/" | can t drink me tea without sugari"
" Well, might Il suggest Uttered
Oddsen Ends-''if you just think about
1T, lump will probably come up in
your throat"
Someone landed heavily ON the pave
ment outside. 1t was not the customer.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-25
OUR GOD, OUR COUNTRY AND
OU RFLAG.

Let us see if we cannot find God at
the present time turning all the works
! of man to his own account and proving
/ his word at the hand of man over and
over again as of old.
Truly it has well been said, History
repeats itself.'' We might begin with
the Pilgrim Fathers, and iken then
unto Abraham and his household God
might have said to them as well, "Set
Thee out of the land unto a land that
l will show thee; land flowing with
milk and honey" And so the Mayflow-
er was launched and they set forth. Over
waters it may be this time unto land
where they could worship the God of
their fathers, and when they landed
this little band of Pilgrims-they knelt
down and thanked God for bringing
them safely over the deep. But famine
overlook them as it also did the des-
cendants of Abraham; perhaps just
enough to try their faith to see of what
sort it was, and they almost perished
but perservered praying increasingly to
God for help and he answered their
prayer.
The was brought about the first
Thanksgiving. Morn, when all with one
accord thanked God for his goodness and
mercy. But as time went on the enemy,
as if ever on the alert to destroy,
brought them into bondage, and they
were made to feel to the fullest extent
what it was to be under hard master.
Then it was that a Moses sprang forth
in the man, George Washington, and
brought them triumphantly out from un-
der the yoke that held them down.
Truly George Washington was and is
the Father of His Country, and he lived
to rule the grandest land the sun ever
shnnn 11nnn and sow If ON tho rnnd tnI
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-25
TO MOVE CONFERENCE.

Stockholm, Dee 24.-Fhe Brest-
Litovsk peace conference is TO be NOV
ed to some neutral ground, possibly
Stockholm, early in the new year, ae-
eOrding to word received here today.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-25
A TRoTsKY STORY.

Petrograd, Dee. 24,-An army of 100,-
coo, formed from mountain tribesmen,
is moving against the rear of General
Kaledines' revolving Cossaek forces in
the Caucasus, the BOlsheviki govern
ment announced today.