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The courier-index., 1917-12-07
Land Owners in Bottoms to Form Improvement District
 To Construct Model Roads

If plans that were inaugurated at a mass meeting of Lee and St. Fran cis county land owners at Hughes on Tuesday of this week mature, a mod. el highway will be constructed from the St Francis river at Cody to Hughes, a distance of approximately nineteen miles.
 For several months Geo. Kausler, Dick Ray, J. B. Hood, J. M Bush, Bob Kinnard and others who are heavily interested m the bottom sec. tion east of the St Francis river have been deeply interested in the construction of a first-class hard road through the bottoms, connecting at Cody with the road leading to Mari anna and at Bledsoe with the section of the new road that will be built in St. Francis county to Hughes.
 An informal meeting of interested land owners was held at the Elks Home in Marianna on Friday of last week. Dr. O. l.. Williamson, chal. man of Road Improvement District No. 1 of this county, was present and assured the gentlemen the road district would cooperate with them to the fullest extent in placing the road from Marianna to Cody in tip-top shape. On Tuesday of this week Geo. Kausler, Dick Ray, Judge J. A. Hummer, J. B. Hood. H. B.. Pipe7, Engineer Herring. l. c. Nickle. Dr. Pollard. Reece Porter. J. M. Bush and H. M. Jackson held a conference at Hughes and took up with the citizens of that place the proposition of organizing an improvement district under the Alexander road law, and constructing the road from the Lee county line near Bledsoe, to Hughes, distance of approximately five miles. The Lee county delegation found the Hughes people deeply in- terested in the plans and they readily agreed to cooperate in the matter
 The plan is to organize an i'm provement district embracing the land three miles on each side of the railroad from Cody to Bledsoe, issue bonds and with the proceeds con struct a high water road parallel to the railroad The surface will be of crushed stone or high grade road gravel or some other hard finish that will make the road bed practi- cally immune to floods The land owners in Lee county have thorough ly made up their minds there is but on. way to secure a permanent road and that is to organize an improve ment district, issue bonds, levy betterment tax on their lands and construct the highway under con tract It is estimated that an annual tax of twenty cents an acre on the lands affected will produce more than enough money to finance the improvement.
 Messrs. Kausler. Ray, Hood. Bush and others who are taking the lead in this movement state they do not propose to build anything but a model highway. regardless of the cost. They have faith in the future of that section of Lee county, and very properly regard it as the richest section of Eastern Arkansas. During the past five years the development of the bottom lands has been little short of marvellous. Hundreds of
The courier-index., 1917-12-07
SOLDIERS ARE THANKFUL

The Courier-Index has been re- quested by Sergeant Eugene Hamp- ton and other Lee county members of the Hath Supply Train at Camp Beauregard. La. to express their thanks to the members of the Red Cross and to all others who had a part in sending 10 the boys the Thanksgiving boxes that contained so many good things to eat and such a large number or useful articles. The boys deeply appreciate the keen interest taken in their welfare by the good women of this city and county.
The courier-index., 1917-12-07

The schedule now being charged by the Arkansas Light X Power Co. is as follows:
 First 20 K w. .16 Next 100 K w. All over 12O K ". IL 10
The courier-index., 1917-12-07
New Electric Light Company
 Asks Franchise to Build and
 Operate a Plant in Marianna

The Citizens Service Company, or. ganized under the laws of Oklahoma but operating in several towns in Western Arkansas, has asked for a franchise from the city of Marianna to construct an electric light and power plant here to operate in com petition with the Arkansas Light & Power Company. R. R. Brader of Muskogee, Okla, was in Marianna the past ten days talking with mem bers of the council and with citizens generally and at the meeting of the council on Tuesday night of this week he presented an ordinance granting his company franchise for a period of fifty years. Under the terms of the franchise the Citizens Service Company agrees to con- struct and have ready for operation an electric light and power plant within six months from the passage of the ordinance granting the fran chise The company further obli- gates itself in the franchise to never charge more, than 12 cents per killowatt for domestic lighting and in its schedule for power it's max imum rate is never to exceed four cents per killowatt.
 The domestic schedule in full is
The courier-index., 1917-12-07
ATTENTION FARMERS

Give the pigs and hogs dry shelter where they will not be in a draught A pig does not need a warm shelter-a cool one is just as satisfactory-but he cannot live unless he is pro tected from the draughts. A hog is fully as sensitive to draughts as man, and takes pneumonia even more quickly than a man. A damp bed will give him rheumatism.
 A low, wide shed, open on the south and closed on the north, west and east, is ample shelter for any but newly born pigs when the bedding is dry. Hogs should have sufficient room in their shelter. so that they will not lie piled up on each other Hogs that come steaming out of their shelter easily catch cold and pneumonia.
 H. M. cOTTRElL
 Bureau of Farm Development
 Memphis, Tennessee
The courier-index., 1917-12-07

The last column which represents present charges made by the Arkap- sas Light & Power Company. is based on a new schedule of rates put in effect on November 1. by an ordinance granting a temporary in- crease to the company on account Of the increased cost of operating the electric light plant It should be ex. plained however, that the council passed the ordinance granting the increase with the view that such in crease would be only temporary. and that as soon as conditions become more nearly normal the former schedule of rates will become effect I've. Under the old schedule the charges made by the Arkansas Light x Power Company are much less than those indicated in the table above. In feet it's charge for 100 K. w. H. is $10.70, the same as that to be charged under the franchise asked for by the Citizens Service Company, with the exception that the latter company allows discount of ten per cent for prompt payment of bills. On all amounts under 100 K. w. H. the schedule of rates proposed
  tlal reductions from the old rates charged by the Arkansas Light x Power Company.
 There is big difference in the power rate proposed by the new company and that charged by the Arkansas Light & Power Company The proposed new schedule follows; First 2,000 K. w, H.----------.O4 Next 5000 K w. H.--------.035 Next 5000 K w. H.-----------.0 All over 10000 K w. H.--------.O25
 The power rate of the Arkansas Light & Power Company follows
 Flrst 30 K. w. H.----------.0S Next 50 K w. H--------.07 Next 50 K w. Next 50 K w. H.-------.O5 .O55 Next 50 K w. H.-----------.0 Next 50 K w. H----------.O45 Next 50 K w. H.--------.04 Next 50 K w. -.035 All over 800 K w. H.----------03
 At the meeting of the council on tuesday night when the ordinance granting a franchise to the Citizens service Company was presented members of the council had not fully made up their minds on the matter The council wants information on the financial ability of the company tol carry out it's contract. Two members uid not see how a second light and power plant could pay here, and indi- cated they would vote against the ordinance when it came up for final action.
 MT. Brader who was present was
The courier-index., 1917-12-07
MUST FILE ACQUISITIONS
 WITH BILL AGAINST CITY

Maclin McClintock, secretary of the board of public works. stated in council meeting Tuesday night that many individuals and firms selling supplies to the city fail to accompany their bills with the necessary re- quistion. The council instructed Mir. McClintock to refuse to approve any bill that was not accompanied by requistion. Complying with this order several bills that were pre- scented at the council meeting Tues day night were held over until next month in order that the firms or individuals presenting them might get the requistion blanks and file them with the bills.
The courier-index., 1917-12-07
THE WISE MAN

There was a man in our town And he was wondrous wise. He bought his Red Cross Christmas
 Seals
 In very large supplies. And when he sent his presents out As many as could be- Each gift was pasted round about With seals to fight T. E.
The courier-index., 1917-12-07

A new pumping plant with a ca pacity of 20.000,000 every twenty four hours is to be built in Kansas City, Mo.
The courier-index., 1917-12-07

Watermelons may be kept some time with a fair degree of success by sealing the end of the stem. where it is scut from the vine, with wax.
The courier-index., 1917-12-07

Only about one per cent of the area of Ireland contains marketable timber.
 A twenty acre tract of land has been obtained for a boys school at Guatemala City. Central America.
The courier-index., 1917-12-07

All ONCl lNV w. lU
 Under the schedule of rates pro- posed by the Citizens Service Com pany 20 K. w. H. would cost ' con. sumer $40, for which the company proposes to allow discount of ten per cent for prompt settlement of the bill, making the net charge s216. The charge made by the Arkansas Light X Power Company for 20 K. w. H. at Is cents per K w. H. is $3.20, from which no discount is al lowed for prompt settlement
 The following comparison of charg- es under the two schedules will serve to show the difference in cost of service to consumers:
 The first column gives the charge, less discount, that would be made under rates named in franchise asked for by the Citizens Service Company The last column gives charge now made by the Arkansas Light &
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-30

area of glass in the windows should
be from Is to Ia of the floor area.
1t is also essential that the school.
house and grounds should be kept as
clean as good housekeeper keeps
her home. Pure drinking water
should always be available The COM
mon drinking cup is dangerous and
should not be tolerated There should
be good washing facilities about the
school and the toilets should be kept
in absolutely sanitary condition.
For raising and maintaining health
standards in the rural schools these
general factors are necessary School
houses sanitary and attractive we'll
ventilated, lighted, cleaned and equip
ped; teachers trained to do their
share in carrying out a health pro-
gram; health examinations. including
dental inspections, once a year; fol-
low up health work; health care in the
school, including health instruction,
and incubation Of all health habits;
provision for the removal of physical
defects by dental clinics, etc; CO.
operation of all available individuals
and organizations in the community.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-30

If natural drainage is not adequate,
artificial should be provided.
Soil-As every ground should have
trees, shrubs and a real garden of ex.
perimental farm, the soil of the school
ground should be fertile and tillable.
Rock and clay soil should be avoided
wherever possible. If the soil tends
to be muddy a good layer of sand and
fine gravel should be used to make
the playground as useful as possible
in all kinds Of weather.
Playgrounds-It has become well
recognized that a playground is not
a luxury, but real necessity. A
school without a playground not only
is an injustice to childhood, but an
actual detriment to healthful develop
ment. The schoolground should have
trees, plants and shrubs grouped with
artistic effect, but without interfering
with the children's playground or the
lighting Of the schoolhouse.
Ventilation, Heating and Lighting.
The schoolroom should always re-
ceiye fresh air coming directly from
out of doors in one of the following
arrangements; (a) through wide open
windows in mild weather, (b) through
window board ventilators under all
other conditions, except when, with
furnace or jacketed stove, special and
adequate inlets and exits for air are
required. The jacketcd stove should
have a direct fresh air inlet about 12
inches square, opening through the
wall of the schoolhouse into the Jacket
against the middle or hottest part of
the stove. The exit for foul air should
be through an opening at least 16
inches square on the wall near the
floor on the same side of the room
that the stove is located.
The schoolroom should receive an
abundance of light sufficient for the
darkest days. with all parts of the
room adequately illuminated. The
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-30
JUDGE DENIES
PETITION FOR
INJUNCTION
IN CELEBRATED COUNTY BOND
CASE IN DISTRICT COURT YES
TEROAY JUDGE FREEMAN sUS-
TANNED COMMISSIONERS.

This morning in district court Judge
Freeman denied the petition against
the board Of county commissioners
who were being sued to restrain them
from disposing OF the bonds for road
purposes voted at the recent election,
Ihe court said that from the evil
dence introduced by both sides he
saw no reason why the board OF coun-
ly commissioners should be restrained
from fulfilling their part Of the con
tract as entered INTO with the Pear
soI5 ana therefore the injunction srd
soIs ana therefore denied the injunc-
uoh.
Just what steps the plaintiffs in the
case VIII take mas not been reported.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-30

Lcyy's Clearance sale. Gnrcctte
and Crepe de Chine blouse, at half
price g.G
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-30

found in the fact that the shells,
which were being loaded for the Rus
sian government were not to be
equipped with decorating fuses until
they reached Russia. AS fast as they
were filled with trinitrotouol they
were set aside, point upward, in cases,
like bottles. Consequently, as the
flames reached each case of shells and
exploded the propelling charges, the
projectiles shot high into the air
oftentmes several hundred feet, but
descending without the fuse, which
alone could explode the charge, their
fall was only that of so much metal.
Even so, the fact that but few of the
thousands of people in the neighbor-
hood were hurt, so far as can be
learned, was due principally to the
prompt police measures in clearing
out the houses in the endangered dis
tricts nearby. Photos show the glare
of the great fire and the wrecked of.
flee of the timekeeper of the plant.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-30
RURAL SCHOOL HEALTH
REQUIREMENTS
CFrom Oklahoma State Board Of
Health DIR. JOHN w. DUKE)

There is a rapidly growing appre-
citation both in this state and through
out the country of the necessity for
stricter sanitary supervision and
more care in the construction of rural
schools Many millions of children
attend these schools. The part they
will play in the general health OF the
country, both as regards the present
and the future, cannot be oyeresti.
mated And it cannot be denied that
the rural schools are behind those in
the cities This might be expected
to a certain degree, because the city
schools are larger and more money is
available Nevertheless there is room
for decided Improvement at compare.
lively small expense in a large per.
aenlage of our rural schools. The
county school should be as sanitary
and wholesome i'm all essential parti.
culars as the best home in the com.
munity Further it should he pleasing
and attractive in appearance, in fur.
nishiugs and surroundings, so that the
community as a whole may be proud
of II; so that the pupils and teacher
may take pleasure in attending school
and in caring for and improving it.
Location and Surrounding.
The school should be located in as
hcalthtul place as exists IN the com.
Imunity Noise and all other obiec.
tionaAlc factors should be eliminated
from the immediate environment Of
the rural school
Accessibility Not more than two
Imiles from the most distant home. If
the children walk; not more than six
miles from the most distant home. If
school wagons are provided
Drainage School ground must be
well drained and as dry as possible.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-30

There IS more Catarrn IN this sec.
tion OF the country than all other dis
eases put together, and for years II
was supposed to be incurable. Doctors
prescribed local remedies, and by
constantly failing to cure by local
treatment pronounced Il incurable
.Catarrh is a local disease, greatly In
auenced by constitutional conditions
and therefore requires constitutional
treatment Halls Catarrh Cure. man.
.ufactured by r. ]. Cheney q Co., To
ledo, Ohio, is constitutional remedy,
Is taken internally and acts through
the blood on the mucous surfaces OF
the system, One Hundred Dollars re.
ward Is offered for any case that Halls
Catarrh Cure fails TO cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials.
f. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo. Ohio
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-30
DO YOU SUFFER
FROM BACKACHE q?

When your kidneys are weak and
torpid they do not properly perform
their functions; your back aches
and you do not feel like doing much
of anything. You are likely to be
despondent and to borrow trouble,
just as if you hadn't enough al
ready. Don't be n victim any longer.
The old reliable medicine, Hood $
Sarsaparilla, gives strength and
tone to the kidneys and builds up
the whole system. Get it today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-30
THEY WERE RUNDOWN

How often We hear II SAID Of a man
or woman that "hcy were rundown in
Observation-Disclosures
sickness. For that reason it is impor-
tautthat when you find you tire easily,
when your nerves are troublesome or
your work is irksome, you should
strengthen your system Immediately
with the hlood-cnrching, tssuc-build-
Ing food in SCOTS Emulsion which
contains pure Norwegian cod liver
oil and is free from alcohol.
S'ogs u0Ul,. BooggloL. Nj. los
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-30
lUOPE2 RPE OF 6LRZE FOLLOWING AtfLT EXPLOSION At KINGS
lLRNO, ~ LOWER -WREChED TLhEhEEPER'S OFFICE

Fire and explosion in the ammuni-
tion plant of the Canadian Car and
Foundry company, near Kingsland, ~
j., destroyed the factory, with a loss
estimated at $5,OOO,000, forced the
evacuation of large part of the town
of Kingsland, making 1000 people
homeless for a time, and furnished
spectacle more magnificent than
the munitions fire on Black Tom island
last July.
For four hours northern New Jer-
sey, New York City. Westchester and
the western end of Long island listen
ed to bOmbardment that approx
mated the sound of a great battle
a bombardment in which probably
100000 three-inch high explosive shells
were discharged. Yet so far as the
police and hospitals of all that section
have been able to learn not a single
life was lost.
The reason for this is chiefly to he
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large number of these joint resou.
tions being adopted. Favorable com.
mittee reports have already been made
on several of them, including a prop
osition to increase the governors sal.
airy $4,000 year abolishing the fee
system in Texas, creation and couser.
walton and reclamation districts, ex-
cmpting cotton mills from taxation for
fifteen years, proposing a single tax
system for Texas woman suffrage, pro.
viding for a state printing house and
free textbooks for children i'm public
schools.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-30

Even the proyerbially slow molas-
SEES is now accelerate' in its move
ments by the use of electric heaters
Arkansas stockmen who feed molas-
ses to cattle use the heaters i'm mo'
lasses tanks to keep the sticky mass
from freezing.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-30
DRINK HOT TEA
FOR A BAD COLD
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Get a small package of Hamburg
Breast Tea, or as the German folks
call it, Hamburger Brust Thee" at
any pharmacy Take tablespoonful
of the tea, put a cup of boiling water
upon it, pour through a sieve and
drink a teacup full at any time. 1t Is
the most effective way to break a cold
and cure grip, as it opens the pores
relieving congestion. Also looscns
the bowels, thus breaking a cold at
once.
II is inexpensive and entirely yege.
table, therefore harmless.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-30
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
lake Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tastelcss
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because it contains the
wcllknown tonic properties ofQUININE
and IRON. ltacts on the Liver, Drives
,ut Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. SO cents
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-30
Only One "Bromo Quinine"

Whenever You feel a cold coming on,
think of the full name LAXATIVE
BROMO QUININE. Cures a Cold in one
day. Cures Grip in two days. Look for
signature OF L. w. Grove on the box. 2sc
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-08-16
MUST BE GIVEN FULL TITLES
Housemaids' Union Of Vancouver, q.
c, Won't Stand for Abbrevia-
ton Of Members Names.

Miss Mary Ann Matilda Jemina
Smitheringale, is supper ready?" is
the correct form that must be used
| by the mistress of q well-ordered
household at Vancouver, b. c., I'm the
future, instead of plain "Mary Ann"
when Inquiries are made concerning
the family meals. At least, this is an
| example of the demands now being
| made by the recently organized Pro-
gressve HousewOrkers' league.
One of the demands made on the
| employers of domestic labor by the
league is that the full title must be
used ut all times by the employer to
the servant. No more may the master
of the household address the butler
ms Jones, Smith, james or Jevins"-
not If the league has it's way. The
new order must be something after
this fashion:
MIR. Algernon Horatio Jevins, would
you kindly, at your convenience, pro-
vide me with that refreshment which
it is my usual custom to consume at
this hour?"
pNHih'o' lllt HltlhDtIS VI lue ut"
league will not work more than eight
hours a day and As hours a week. de-
manding one full day eff, in seven.
The hostess who invites u number of
friends in to dinner may fine that
somewhere between the roast and the
dessert the whistle has sounded and
that the butler and the cook have quit.
to say nothing of the maids. And if
she then dons an apron and proceeds
to take the place of the union cook or
butler she Immediately incurs the
wrath of the league for working in
her own kitchen without a union card.
milwaukee, Free Press.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-08-16
Wooden Soldiers.

The LATEST batch of recruits were
giving their sergeant an unbelievable
amount Of trouble. He was an old
soldier of 30 years experience, and the
poor attempts of his new squad to
understand the mysteries of army drill
nearly drove him frantic, says the
London Chronicle. At last, in despera-
ton, he called the men to stand at
ease, as he wished TO tell them little
story. 1t was this; "When 1 was a
tiny boy" he said, Il had a box Of
wooden soldiers. One day lost them,
and cried bitterly. They told me not
to worry, as they'd turn up some day I;
and now, to think that after forty
years I've just found the little devils"