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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-29
PLANNING TO ORGANIZE
FARM LOAN ASSOCIATION

All farmers interested i'm organizing
local farm loan association under the
federal farm loan act are asked by Carl
Russell. federal agent for Carter cOun-
~. to meet at the Chamber of Com.
merce rooms. Saturday. August 1, at 2
!. m. The act will be discussed and eX-
Ilained at this meeting and an attempt
made TO bring out the workings OF an
association. Mr. Russell has mailed
letters TO 1875 farmers who are inter.
ested in forming an association.
a loan may be secured for fifty per
cent OF the appraised valuation Of the
land and twenty percent Of the improve
nents. Amounts as small as 500 and
as large as $4,000 may be secured un.
der the act Each man who makes a
lean must invest five percent OF the
amount borrowed in the stock OF the
association. He can borrow the money
for a period ranging from five years TO
forty and can pay any part or all after
the first five years. In order TO form
an association. ten men must borrow,
IN the aggregate, f20,00O.
Members OF the association are not
responsible for the loans made TO every
members OF the association as is com.
monty supposed. Mr.. Russell said "A
man is responsible only 20 an amount
equal TO ten percent OF the money he
borrows through the association" Mr.
Russell has a number OF copies OF the
federal farm loan act and several cir.
culars explaining the act published by
the federal loan bureau which he will
send 20 anyone. on request
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-29
MINERAL WEALTH
OF ARGENTINA

Washington. July 2S.-The mineral
resources OF Argentina and their de-
velopment are described in an article
by SenoN Enrique NJ Hermitte. direc.
tor of mines and geology OF the Minis
try OF Agriculture Abundant depos.
It's of gold silver, copper. lead and
tim in the AndIne zone have not been
worked because transportation faciIi.
ties are lacking Coal seams were
recently found In the province OF
santa Cruz and there is horaN In the
Puma De Atacama. but neither has
been developed The high prices obtained
have stimulated the mining of wolfram,
and ease 90 exploitation has caused &C.
tiyity n the petroleum industry ON the
Atlantic coast
Ir tbe provinces OF san Juan. Men
1oA and IYiuy. a few mines are be-
ing worked ON account Of thc rise in
value of metals. and in Eueuos Aires
a 'o1t foundry is boz operation salt
lime gypsum and granite are being
extracted lr larger quantities When
transport .s Improved and becomes
cheaper o. general exploitation of an
the m.naraI wealth of Argentina VIII
ta practicable with this will come bet
tsr organization ana management OF
wrug enterprises hy companies.
groups ans ssnjicates. which viii study
the richness of the deposits and est.-
mate tho COST of working them
Unu the resent discovery % an APP
ualeruy Eigf grade ~ coal In the Pa
taEoran region % was supposed that
Argentina lacked commercially valuable
deposits Iu IA Rioia, san Juan. and
Mendoza tle mines are isolated and
their output O., ~ low Qualifr contain
ing q large proportion of ash samples
70 the santa cruz coal. however. ind'-
cate contents % volatile matter fixed
coal ans ash that viii bear comparison
with the best European fuel
In the chaIky ground where this was
extracted the seam was several meters
thick. and u the deposits are o. SUI
rcient size their exploitation viii no;
b. Handicapped by difficulty % trans.
port f5r the Coriillera is not FAR from
the Atlantic coast and the seams may
extend even farther IN that direction.
owing % the failure of the government
20 appropriate funds the technical and
economic aspects of the Patagonian coal
deposits have not been studied.
Rafaelita dry petroleum found
ahundanuy in Mendozs. Seuquen. and
Patagonia. wil probably be utilized
considerably in the future. The repub
lic is rich .n petroleum. from Salta q
TERRA tel Fuego. Although but one
deposit has been worked on a large
scale it is expected that exploration
1 and development wil soon he under
taken ln au parts % the country
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-29
SLUGGED BY AN
UNKNOWN ASSAII.ANT

Dave Watson, about thirty years old.
while on his way to his home at | street
and Eighth avenue. n. w, Friday night,
was assaulted, sand bagged and left by
the side OF the street Some time after
the assault, he was discovered and the
matter reported TO the police. So far
nothing has been learned as to the iden-
tity OF his assailant and he is unable
10 make a comprehensive statement.
He has been in a comatose state since
and is unable TO tell the officers about
the affair SO far as is known no val
tables were taken from his person. but
his friends are inclined 10 think that he
was carrying considerable money He is
now at the home OF his brother. west OF
the city limits.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-29
SUPERVISING FARMER
HERE LOOKING AFTER
INTERESTS OF INDIANS

c. w. Crawford, supervising farmer
for the United States government, with
headquarters at Muskogee. will be in
this district for the next ten days look
ing after the interests Of Indian farm
ers and lining up the work to be done
by the Indians this year In connection
with the state fair at Oklahoma City
and later the Muskogee fair. Eleven
agencies and ten Indian schools VIII
compete for places at the state fair.
The five civilized tribes. considered as
one agency, has won the cup for the
last three successive years because OF
their excellent work in agriculture.
The Indians in this district seem
TO be getting along fine" Mr.. Crawford
said. Crops in most places are good
and the Indians seem to be prosper
GUS"
This district has been without a sup
eryising farmer since Charles M. Neal
went to Chickasha last January. Mr..
Crawford was with this district from
l91O.1914
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rived from Fort Worth yesterday TO
spend couple Of weeks at the Russell
Sanders ranch near Springer. The party
consists Of the Misses Verita Sanders,
Olive Avery, Mary Louise Johnson, Beth
Rohning. Fredrica Bahner, Doris smith,
and Dorothy Woods
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Fox are in Gal
weston for three weeks stay at the
beach. Mr.. and Mrs. f. s Stahl will oc-
cupl their home while they are away
Miss Fannie Henerson who has been
visiting Mrs w c. Baker. 1912 BiXby,
avenue. has returned TO her home in
Ada,
j. +. Williams and family have re
turned from a visit OF several weeks to
points in Illinois
Mrs. Tom stuart. Mrs. Louis Boyd
and son Tom, will leave today for Den
yer. Colorado. TO spend the remainder
Of the summer.
Miss Matte Claire Gano. Miss Anne
Thompson and Gordon Gano, We're the
guests Of Harley Harreld, at Dornick
Hills Country Club. Friday.
Mrs and Mrs. H. II. Brown are on
their way to Seattle. Washington and
will be joined by Stanley Brown In
Wyoming
Mr.. and Mrs Ray Poland, and daugh'
ter Catherine Louise. have returned
from a two months visit in Kentucky
and Florida.
Mrs. r. r. Plough returned Friday
from a weeks visit at Madilll
Miss Ozello Pugh has returned from
visit of six weeks in Chicago.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-29
Wnshinrlon Forty-two Club.

Mrs Il. Barnes entertained the Wash
ington Forty.two club Thursday morn
ing from . to is o'clock. The home was
tastily decorated with cut flowers Mrs
Barnes was assisted by Mrs, c, T.
uanlSs. A two-course luncheon was
served The guests included:
Mrs. G. J. Schueler, Mrs. Reed Mrs
Cheney. Mrs. Charles Goddard, Mrs, j.
c NcNeese. Mrs j l., Cox, Mrs. Il. H.
Corlew. Mrs. W. +. Wilmington, Mrs
II X. Kearney. Mrs J A. Bass, Mrs. j.
[. Gait. Mrs. II. NJ Huntington, Mrs
w. n Deardorf. Mrs A, NJ. Brady, Mrs
norrah, Mrs Parvine, Mrs. ID. r. Allen
Prizes OF potted plants were given
Mrs Brady Cor high score and Mrs
BASS for guest prize,
The club will entertain at Electric
Park fortnight hence, the husbands
of the members being guests at sup
ps
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-29
PRUSSIAN JUNKER QUITS;
OPPOSES FRANCHISE REFORM

Copenhagen. July 2S.-The news OF
the retirement Of Or. Won Schorlemer.
Prussian minister OF agriculture, is CON
firmed by his personal organ, the
Deutsche Tages Zeitung. Or. Won Schor-
lemer was an exponent Of convertism
and junkerdom in the cabinet II ap-
pears now that DR.. Won Schorlemer is
retiring rather than accept a program
of franchise reform.
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groom, and few friends OF the con-
tracing parties were present.
Mr.. Nail is member of the editorial
staff of the Daily Ardmoreite Miss War.
den has made her home here for a
number OF years. They will make their
home in Ardmore.
Sunday Night Musical Program.
The following program has been ar
ranged for presentation at the Broad
way Baptist church tonight
Anthem, Great Is the Lord and Mar
velous," ------------------- Deggle.
Mrs. Fort Mrs. Campbell, Mr. John
son and Mr.. HID
Duet. Selected. Mrs, Reid and Mrs. Davis
Anthem-"rm n Pilgrim I'm Stran-
ger" Marston, -----------------Ch Choir
Male Quartet. Selected. Prater, Williams,
Ianford and Grunert
Anthem. Rock OF Ages" Buck
--------------Mlss Holden and Choir
Ladies' Quartet Seek Ye the Lord
Roberts Mrs. Davis and Choir
solo. NO Night There" Danks
-----------------Mr Homer Adams
Anthem. pleasant Are Thy Courts
Heinrich. --------M Mrs Reid and Choir
THE Radiant Morn Hath Passed Away"
Woodward -------------------- Choir
Mrs sophia Greenberg, S02 ID street
northwest. has left Ardmore for an eN-
tended stay In Colorado. during which
she will visit friends In Denver and Colo
q ,f.ar. tsFf11 ~
return 70 Ardmore till late in the fall
Mr. and Mrs. c. w Richards leave
here today for Colorado expecting to be
gone the greater part OF August
MIR. and Mrs j. W. Harreld are still
tarrying mid the pleasant scenes at
Colorado Springs.
Claude Hines left the city yesterday
for a weeks visit with his brother.
Fred Hines, at Amarillo, Texas.
The Ardmore Red Cross committee
wishes to thank the women Of the city
who have been so liberal In making do
| NATIONS " liit ANtNl NANee maj hNAHs NAAeo
insuring the financial success OF the en-.
/ terprise.
| Mrs j. II. Musgrave returned TO her
home in St Louis yesterday after an
enjoyable visit at the homes Of Mayor
w r. Roberts. Tom Roberts and John
Yell Mrs. Musgrave was the honor
guest at number OF delightful social
affairs while here
Mrs. J. Homer Adams has returned
from Oklahoma City where she was the
guest OF Miss Jessie van Wormer. Miss
van Wormer is having great success
with her Red Cross classes in which she
has enrolled eighty members.
4 party of young women. chaperonet
! by T. B. Sanders and Mrs. Flato. ar
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-29

Osaka, in density of population, Is
the third city in the world with l2O'i
persons to a square "cho" The first
place was held in 1911 by Paris, with
1925 persons TO the square "cho'" and
the second place was held by Berlin,
with 326.S5 persons to a square "cho'
The next census will doubtless show
big drop in those two cases.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-29

Elberta peaches for canning, preserv.
ing, eating at Poland's orchard. one
mile east on Main street. Prices rs
cents TO 1926 per bushel. Would fur
nish some poor people with peaches to
can or preserve on shares. w. p. Po.
land 2S-3
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-29
picnic At Chapman. August iOlI.

Arrangements are now being made
for a picuic and barbecue az Chapman
Jzhal for two days August 10 and Il.
A committee b. arranging for amuse
ments and h ls hopei that everyone In
that section q the country VIII take a
holiiay and come With vel fliet hask.
IS
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-29

Lawns that are frequently watered
iced more fertilizers than those that
are not. as the water washes away
much of the plant food.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-29
Reception to Rev. and Mrs. Q, Is.
Mnrncr.

The reception rendered the Rev. c. II.
wagner. the new pastor, and Mrs, Wag'
ner. i'm the parlors OF the First Christian
church Friday night was a most de.
hghtfm function, the greater part OF
the congregation and not few visitors
from other churches being In attend
ance
Mrs. u. l.. Allen met the guests at
the door. putting them at ease at once
and preparing them Tor an enjoyable
evening
Mrs. George J. Schuelor escorted
them from the door 20 the receiving line
which comprised the Rev. and Mrs.
WAGNER and the members Of the official
board and their wives.
The Rev. and Mrs David H. Cooper
az the Broadway Baptist church and the
REV. and Mrs r. f. L. Morgan OF the
broadway Methodist church were
among the guests.
Mrs. Arthur James presided at the
register
Punch and cake were served through
Gus the evening by Mrs. l. r. Mason
and Airs. W. r Wilmington.
Music was furnished by an orchestra
ot strinS music
The evening was delightfully."- inform
Al throughout and gave the utmost op
portunity for becoming well acquainted
with the new pastor and his family.
Narien-Nail NuptialS
AiiSs Ira Warden. daughter OF W. f
Warden. Of Keneflck. and J, L. r. Nail
s,n of Mr. and Mrs l.. :. Nail. OF Okla
hama City. were united in marriage a
$50 o'clock Friday afternoon. Judg'
w r. Freeman performed the ceremony
in the district court chambers.
Miss Warden was attended by Mis-
Tffie Drumm0nd Joe Echols attend
et AR. Nail
Miss Bertha Warden and Miss Juanit'
Coyie sisters of the bride: Miss Lucl
Stephenson and Tom Stephenson Of Chil
acnthe. Texas. the brides cousins
Cooper Nail. of Denison. brother Of IN
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4 party of young women, chaperoned
by T. Il. Sanders and Mrs. Flato. ar
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-29

Mrs. J. Homer Adams has returned
from Oklahoma City where she was the
guest OF Miss Jessie van Wormer Miss
van Wormer is having great success
with her Red Cross classes in which she
has enrolled eighty members.
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groom. and few friends Of the con.
tracing parties were present.
Mr.. Nail is a member of the editorial
staff of the Daily Ardmoreite. Miss War.
den has made her home here for
number OF years. They will make their
home in Ardmore.
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Mrs J. II. Musgrave returned to her
home in 81. Louis yesterday after an
enjoyable visit at the homes Of Mayor
W. X. Roberts. Tom Roberts and John
Yell. Mrs. Musgrave was the honor
guest at number OF delightful social
affairs while here,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-22
Practical Side of the
Soldier Business
Continued from Page Three

with the quartermaster also go on the
descriptive list, which is certified by the
company commander"
We spent another half hour with the
muster roll, Jones emphasizing the note
printed at the top, which reads: "All Of
ficers, on-commissioned officers and
others concerned in the preparation of
this roll are enjoined to exercise great
care to make the roll complete. When
filed in the adjutant generals office the
roll will become the record to which ref
erence will thereafter be made in the
investigation and settlement of claims
or questions affecting the officers and
enlisted men whose names are borne on
the roll, and their heirs, for the period
covered by it." Assignments, changes
of grade or rank, sentences. absences,
injuries or wounds, confinements,
medals of honor or certificates of merit,
discharges and particularly all changes
in a soldiers status since the last mus
ter-these are some of the things to be
remembered if the examining board on
Governors Island should chance to be
curious. And remember that musters
rolls are made out by the company COM
manders at the end of February and
every second month thereafter.
After what | called luncheon and
what Jones considered the sergeants'
mesa plentiful meal of thick rice
soup, fried fish, fried potatoes, mashed
turnips, large slices of army bread and
army coffee with a dash of condensed
milk-my instruction continued far into
the afternoon and some way toward an
understanding of payrolls, duty rosters,
discharge and furlough forms, daily sick
reports, inventories Of effects of de-
ceased soldiers and all sorts of requisi-
ton blanks.
| came away with a stack Of blank
bookkeeping forms several inches high.
Every lieutenant of the reserve ought
to know how to use them. From my
grinding for the examination I've
learned, in general way, that there are
fine distinctions between accountability
and responsibility in the army. But
that's another matter to be learned be-
fore report at Governors Island.
No matter how the examination goes,
shall always have an impulse when l
meet Sergeant Jones to give him man.
sized salute, regardless of army ETH
quette.
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Are the Editors In?
Continued from Page Fire

tributors are titled people. Very serious mind
ed persons often write light stories as sort Of
recreation. An enormous number of lawyers
write short fiction for us. You'd be surprised
at the men who write how terrible their wives
are!"
The prospect of our going to war brought
out different opinions as to the effect it would
have on writers. Some editors argued that
it would stimulate American fiction, while
others believed that nothing of literary value
would come out of it for at least twenty years.
| asked Max Eastman, the editor of "The
Masses" the best known radical magazine,
the value of propaganda in fiction. "Of all
the magazines" he replied, The Masses is
the only one that wants literary art uncon-
taminated with propaganda. The typical
magazine story of to-day is full of propaganda
propaganda of business, of social conven-
tions, of respectabilty-in short continuous
boost for the present unjust social and eco
nomic system When our fiction does point
a moral, it is because writers cannot help
seeing the horrors of our civilization; but
what we like to print are pieces of sheer
tragedy and pieces of sheer beauty-pieces
of life"
In response to my question about the short
comings of American fiction, Waldo Frank,
Of "The Seven Arts" said: eve get lots Of
stories that have good impulse, but that have
been spoiled because their authors wrote for
the magazines Homely stories were ruined
by being decked out in a pretty way. Con-
seriousness is shallow in our writer's. They
see tragedy, are moved by it, but they won't
see i. through in their work. We often send
promising stories back TO be rewritten, and
when they come back they are fine. We don't
have regular professional readers on cur
magazine because we feel that they must get
in rut, and the groper or the nnovator would
surely suffer"
All magazines, with the exception of "Good
Housekeeping" and "Hearst's," are extremely
anxious Tor new writers. These two maya
zines say they sometimes do not print one
story year by new author, especially If
his manuscript is sent unsolicited.
Bruce Barton, Of Every Week." said: 'The
happiest days of our lives are when we find
new writer's" And John Siddal, Of THE
American" said: "The door is wide open for
those who have yarn to spin from Portland
to Portland"
After all my wanderngs among the jungles
of periodical literature, I returned TO nv
magazine and asked my editor: What does
the Tribune Magazine want?" He stared AZ
me in blank amazement. "Gosh!" he said ~
don't know!"
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less happy than the harrock; and that when
he is cut open pearls are less often found IN
him than in an oyster.
He reflects for a few years on the subject
of cats and at last discovers IN the cat the
characteristic equine quality of caudality' or
a tail; so that cats are horses and wave on
every tree-top the tail which is the equine
banner. Nightingales are found to have legs,
which explains their power Of song. Haddocks
are vertebrates; and therefore are sea horses.
And though the oyster outwardly presents dis-
smlarities which seem TO divide him from the
horse he is by the all-filling nature-mlght OF
the same horse-moving energy sustained.
Now this horse is Intellectually the wrong
horse 1t is not perhaps going too Tar 70 say
that this horse is donkey. For 1t is obviously
within even the intellectual resources OF
haddock TO answer, But if a haddock is
horse. why should yield 10 you any more than
YOU to me? Why should that singing horse
commonly called the nightingale or that climb.
ing horse formerly called the cat fall down and
worship you because Of your horsehood!
When thus gently reasoned with the horse
filings up his heels, kicks the cat, brushes the
oyster. eats the haddock and pursues the night
ingale, and that is how the war began.
Naturally, this sort Of humor has its
limits. 1t easily degenerates into bitter
ness and billingsgate; for true humor is
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founded on love and charitableness
rather than on hatred and sense of
tragedy. The two great figures of fun
in literature are Mr.. Pickwick and Don
Quixote. We laugh at them, but we
love them, too, just as their creators
love them.
Perhaps it is the great tragedy of
Germany that even in peace times the
Kaiser was forbidden subject for all
German humorists. He may have been,
in those days, as the German professors
liked to tell us, an amiable, just, peace
loving gentleman, but he always seemed
to foreigners sort of ogre. Even if
the war had not come he would have
continued to appear an ogre to us, be-
cause none of his home folks could crack
a joke about him without being flung
into Jail.
Nothing could be more inhuman than
that.
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The other was cutting off the tops of the late
thistles that still stood unwithered in the chill
winter air, and arranging them according to
size and color. In Germany nothing is lost;
nothing is wasted. 1t is perhaps not generally
known that from the top of the thistle the
Germans obtain picrate of ammonia, the most
deadly explosive known to modern chemistry,
while from the bulb below, butter, crude rubber
and sweet cider are extracted in large guam
titles.
The two peasants paused in their work as
they saw me glance toward them, and each,
with the simple gentility of the German work,
ngman quietly stood on his head until l had
finished looking at him.
G. K. Chesterton, in 'The Crimes OF
England" goes after Germany in diff
ferent fashion:
The nature Of Pan-Germanism may be ale
gorized and abbreviated somewhat thus:
The horse asserts that all other creatures
are morally bound 70 sacrifice their interests TO
his, on the specific ground that he possesses
all noble and necessary qualities and is an
end in himself IL is pointed out in answer
that when climbing a tree the horse Is less
graceful than a cat; that lovers and poets
seldom urge the horse TO make noise all
night long like the nightingale; that when
submerged for some time under water ne Is
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the business. Many an American reader
went through those arid first hundred
and fifty pages with forlorn feeling
that the splendid Wellsian Jolhty had
been crushed out and lost, perhaps Tor
ever.
OF course the humorist in war times
can always fall back on making fun OF
the enemy. Amid great mass OF
rough stuff and piffle some OF the Brit
ish humorists have done this very well.
Here is a passage from Further Fool
ishness," by Stephen Leacock, Ca
madam:
knew it was Germany at once. There was
no mistaking il. The whole landscape had an
orderIiness, a method about it that is, alas
never seen in British countries. The trees stood
in neat lines, with the name Of each nailed to
II on a board. The birds sat in regular rows,
four TO branch, and sang in harmony, very
simply, but with the true German feeling.
There were two peasants working besides
the road One was picking up fallen leaves
and putting them into neat packages OF ftty.