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The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1917-04-07

A budding genius does not always
turn out to be the flower OF the fam
lily.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1917-04-07

ADO you ever ask your wife's advice
about things?
"No, sir; she doesn't wait TO be
asked"
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1917-04-07

When n family has sixteen-year-
old boy In the house II has no earthly
use for thirty-six volume encyclo-
pedia.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1917-04-07

like does not always produce like"
"Ilow can you say SOP
Don't loose methods produce n tight
fxT"
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1917-04-07

There Is No Art In Taking Medicine.
Just follow directions on every bot
tie Of "Plantation" Chill Tonic and
see how quickly those dreadful chills
will leave you. 1t leaves the liver in
healthy condition and yet contains no
Calomel. Price 50c.-Adv.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1917-04-07

When wife isn't boss OF the house It
Isn't much of Il house.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1917-04-07
An Herbal Tonic for Women
Oklahoma City, okla.-"ThIs is to

~
certify that I have
used DIR. Pierce's
Favorlte Prescrip-
tion. IL has done me
! lots OF good and I
can freely recon-
mend II to any wOn-
Fan suffering. | think
1T IL IA great medi-
clne."-MRS. J. A
CLINE, Route Q,
BOX 23
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1917-04-07

"To use in the teeth OF driving
gale"
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1917-04-07

Candor Is always good thing, but
there is no room for 1t In official war
reports.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1917-04-07
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build In The system

TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking. as the formula Is
printed on every label. showing II Is
Quinine and Iron in tasteless form. The
Quinine drives out malaria. tho Iron
builds up the system. so cents
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1917-04-07

"Pa, whnt is poetic licenseT
"lt's the tacit permission given to
poets TO live my SON"
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1917-04-07

According to the city chlld's idea,
grass is something you have to keep
off OF.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1917-04-07

Those Child Actresses.
Gloomy Actor-What's the matter
this morning, Albert?
Gloomler Manager-Baby Briggs is-
getting married and the show is
queered.
Always use Red Cross Ball Blue. Delights
the laundress. At all good grocers. Adv.
A good mans light shines day and
night.
We never know how happy We are
until we aren't.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1917-04-07
Bonus of Western Canada Land to Men Assisting in
Maintaining Needed Grain Production

The demand for farm labor Canada great AS an nducement
to the necessary help at once Canada will give
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1917-01-25

ing and gnashing of teeth of the
blind tigers, saloon keepers, and
their sympathizers, their bitter
denunciation and invective will
not deter the people of Mississippi
frou driving straight ahead, nor is
it in good taste to call the people
of the south, who are leaders in
this Nationwide prohibition move.
ment, fanatics The people of the
south are the most chivalrous, and
the south has furnished the brains
of this government and the brains
of the south are agreed today that
intoxicating liquor does harm and
no one will assert that it does
good.
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1917-01-25

The new Gladstone doc the
largest dock ever constructed, is in
use at Liverpool. This dock is
more than one thousand feet long
and is closed by means of a great
gate, or caisson, which weighs
twelve thousand pounds. 1t takes
more than forty-four million gal
Ions of water to fill the dock basin
to depth of forty-fve feet. This
amount of water can be pumped
into the basin within two and one
half hours. While similar docks
are being built in Canada and in
the United States, the Gladstone
dock is the first of its size ever
constructed.- d.-Forward.
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1917-01-25

ooooe VI NhO w WuionOy odNOOoaOo
that the sentiment of the people,
crystalized into prohibition laws,
could not be enforced because
they, the saloon-keepers and blind.
tigers, would not submit to the
law; but the time has passed when
intoxicated men are elevated to the
Legislature, to Congressional Halls
and occupy the Judicial places;
and the opinions of courts and he
statutes are no longer written un
der the, inspiration of a quart of
whiskey, but are written by sober
men
There is no combarison between
the use of intoxicating liquors and
over eating, or other Incorporate
indulgencies, because when man
debases himself with whiskey be
usually lands in the criminal
courts, and the criminal courts
cost money. Take for instance
the unfortunate tragedy which oc-
Cured almost within a stones
throw of the Court house during
the Christmas holidays, where one
wife is a widow and another weeps
and pleads for the release of her
husband who is deprived of lIb
erty, and yet the express books
snov, and the lTEMIzER is war
ranted in saying, that the alcohol
handed out by the express com
pany on that fatal day will be
very expensive proposition for the
tax payers of this county. At this
writing any estimate of the cost
would be impossible. Take all its
items into consideration and add
them up and it would be found
that it sounded extravagant. This
is coucrete case and they could
be multiplied. The people of the
United States and of Mississippi
have tried this matter of reg gulat-
ing the sale of whiskey, and have
found that those people who deal
in whiskey would not be subjected
to nor obey any reasonable rule or
regulation, nor can you regulate
drunken man. "Whiskey has been
weighed in the balance and found
wanting" and the weeping, wall
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1917-01-25


political discussions, but has al
ways espoused the cause of good
morals in our community and state.
We have noticed with sou de-
gree of interest the newspaper
comments upon the effort of Gov.
Bilbo to call the Legislature in
extra session for the purpose of
passing a "bone dry prohibition
law. We have no desire to obtrude
our opinion upon the Governor as
to what he should do. 1t may not
be the best for the ultimate sue
cess of the prohibition cause to
precipitate that fight this year
The fact is that the whiskey trust
would not mind at all pour ng its
money into Mississippi ard max
ing the year 1917 one of fierce and
intense bitterness by the agitation
and discussion of the liqror ones
tion by resort TO q referend um vote,
and as it is only about eleven
months until the Legislature meets
and the "bone dry" law nay be
passed without such an enormous
expense, calmly and without ap
perent excitement
The time has passed, however.
when the people who advocat
honestly and sincerely, an absolute
prohibition of the sale of intoxi
eating liquors may be intelligently
called "long haired fanatics or wild
eyed enthusiastic" When the first
prohibition society WAS formed in
the United States at Saratoga, N.
Y in 1925, and the rules of the
society limited its mem bership to
one pint of Apple or Rye per day,
they we're called fanatics, and we
desire to protest against thus de
riding the thousands of honest and
intelligent God fearing men and
women who have fought the sale OF
Intoxicating liquor because they
honestly believed they we're fight
ing for the integrity of their oiti-
zenship, the purity of their homes
and the. protection of life and
property, and the right TO pursue
happiness.
Up to this time it has been the
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1917-01-25

Do your best to win whatever
you undertake, but accept defeat
with cheerful philosophy when de.
feat cannot be avoided. There are
some young people who cannot be
beaten in game without turning
sulky and wasting great deal of
time explaining why their defeat
is not their fault. One who is
good loser generally ends by max
ing winner.-Exchang.e
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1917-01-25

"Your mother tells me that you
have been a very bad boy, Willie"
"Well- father, you mustn't believe
all YOU hear around this house."
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1917-01-25

We want to print the news.
Won't you help Us? Phone 256.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-20
RECALLS Time when Water SOLD
FOR ST A BARREL ON BIG ISLE

helpers sat around and smoked in
comfort. .......
1T was sometimes well in the af-
ternoon when my wagons started back
for Honokaa and many the time the
much needed water arrived at my
place at II o'clock at night.
That water sold at 81 per barrel
to regular customers and at so cents
more to casual customers. Even at
that price I lost money but I was
helping out the people Of my town so
/ did not care so much. I had 10
head of stock in those days and they
had to be watered, of course.
"In 1901 the water situation was
worse than ii Is now. There was no
ditch then and there was less rain.
There was no water for drinking pur.
poses except that which was hauled
from Kukuihaele.
Goal oil tins OF water sold for Is
cents can. Barrels were the order of
the -four hundred, and, even then
there was a shortage. No one did
any washing people did not
even wash their faces"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-20
tspeeial Star. Bulletin f;orr..pond.ne.,

ISEeclAl StarsbulIet1n tS0rre9Don0onCol
HILO, Oct. 12.-"when think Of
the year 1901 and the water troubles
at Honokaa, IL makes me shudder,"
declared George Kaiser, one-time Ho-
nokaa resident. 1T was nightmare,
sure, in that year I was living at
Honokaa and when the terrible
drought came and we had a rainfall
Of only trifle over one inch Of rain
for the IL months, you can imagine
what kind of a proposition it was.
There was no ditch in those days and,
as no rain fell, there was, consequent
ly, no water for man or beast. Well,
l started in the water hauling bust
ness and put teams on to bring water
from Kukuihaele, distance of eight
miles each way. / had a 490-gallon
tank and also four barrels which held
so gallons each: ...-
We'll, my two men would start off
at o'clock in the morning from Ho-
nokaa for Kukuihaele in order to get
water from the old Horner place, right
in the village of Kukuihaele 1t was
a race between several wagons-all
after water. When l arrived from
Honokaa, there would be nearly al
ways two or three wagons ahead
of my team. That meant a wait Of
hours, while the precious water
trickled from the three-quarter-inch
pipe that brought the fluid from MAUI
ka to the Horner faucet. It was a
very slow job to I'LL the tanks and
barrels that daily congregated at the
faucet. Wages, however, went on all
the same and the transfers and their
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-20
NEW liquor REGULATIONS ARE
TO Go into EFFECT NEXT MONDAY

The inspector has authority to issue
requisition to wholesalers upon the
presentation by the wholesalers OF
orders signed by purchasers as fol
lows:
To Name of the licensee)
You are authorized to obtain for
me from the Liquor inspector a requi-
sition for:
Commercial quarts of BEER,
Commercial quarts OF Chinese
liquors.,
As Fluid ounces Of GIN,
Gallon of sakeT,,
Legal quarts of --.
You are further instructed to make
delivery Of the above to my residence
and to charge my account for the
same.
signed signature of the purchaser)
Address.
You will note that this order can
onlv be used in such cases where the
delivery is to be made by the licensee
to the residence Of the purchaser. The
board will have no objection to the
licensee obtaining a number Of orders
signed in blank by the purchaser.
Printed forms are to be supplied by
the licensee.
No further record will be required
by the board, of sales made to indivi-
duals with acquisitions. However, a
record must still be kept of all sales
not requiring acquisitions.
1t is the present intention Of the
board, that the Inspector issue requi-
sitions to all individuals making appli-
cation. If the board has reason to
suspect that the purchase is being
made for an Illicit purpose, the requi-
sition will be so stamped. The hcen-
see can make the sale, but, of course,
will be liable to citation for violation
of the regulation prohibiting sales to
suspects.
All valid acquisitions will bear one
of the following signatures:
W. c. HUTTON,
JOHN E. ROBERTS,
G. E. K. Petersen.
JAMES H. HAKUOLE,
GEORGE NJ. QUINTAL.
This list may be amended or added
to from time to time by the board.
1t is taken for granted that the licen.
see will fully acquaint himself and his
employees with all the details of this
regulation and these instructions. and,
in case Of a violation, the board will
not tolerate any plea of ignorance.
The members Of the board and the
inspector will be pleased to explain to
any licensee such details as may not
be clearly covered.
Yours truly,
Board of Liquor License Commits
sioners.
BY R. A. COOKE. Chairman
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-20

Mrs. Soper, through Mrs. F. J. Low.
reg, at the meeting of the Woman's
Council, urged all women in Honolulu
to send their cast aside gold and silver
articles, such as thimbles. old rings,
mirror backs. and discarded silver and
gold articles of every sort to the
LTrinket Treasure fund, to be sent to
New York and melted down and sold
for the benefit of the Aviation corps.
The mint price will be paid for this
metal. Miss Todd has charge of the
collection.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-20
Leading Article in Journal of
Surgery From Pen of
Honolulu Man

Observations on Gas-BaciIlus Infec.
ton in France Is the title of leading
article by DR.. James r. Judd OF Homo.
lulden q recent issue OF the medical
Journal Surgery, Gynecology and
Obstetrics.
Written primarily for the medical
profession, DIR. Judd's work yet con.
tains much OF interest 10 the lay read.
or and is handled in the clear descrip,
tive style for which he is known from
letters written during his work of
more than year among the French
wounded.
This article on gas-bacillus, or gas
producing infection" which transla.
ton he suggests as more expressive OF
its nature takes up the factors Of soil,
weather, clothing, skin. projectile.
character of wound and flora of wound
as they contribute respectively TO the
infection.
Germs OF many kinds, and particu,
larry spores are 10 be found in great
numbers in the soil OF France. which
has been cultivated and fertilezed for
centuries, the article states, and the
infection is considered by some to be
more prone TO develop in certain zones
than in others. Thus the wounded
from the cultivated Champagne region
show perhaps a higher percentage Of
Gas-bacillus infection than those from
the mountainous Vosages.
Trench warfare with it's resultant
mud and dirt, trench corners where
the sun never strikes and where bac-
fpFia fg faWnrnd fAunfh.. ,T.ftA 81.
restr1Sfbn OF open movements as In
former wars all add to the completely
of the situation.
Weather play an important part in
the trenches, and the article asserts
that there is said TO be about $50 rainy
days in the year in Northern France.
This brings about an almost incon.
eeivable condition Of mud, made worse
by the great numbers OF men crowded
together In the narrow trenches. The
soldiers uniform becomes wet and
muddy and the dirt is diffused through
the cloth. In dry weather dust is very
persistent and combines with prespira-
ton, making a favorable condition for
germ development.
1.-THE French uniform is made of a
VI IVihs bds Tie
The soldier wears his overcoat almost
always even on T. hottest days. The
clothing moist from rain or perspira-
ton, and more or less dirty, offers an
excellent habitat for bacteria and pro-
badly the majority OF gas infections
originate from the piece or cloth that
is carried into the wound. Fleming
In an examination of soldier uniform
reports having found bacillus per.
fringens in SO per cent, bacillus teta.
nus in 33 per cent, streptococci in Al
per cent and staphylococci in II per
cent.
The period Of time for soldier to
be on duty in the first line varies in
different regions and at different
times. In times of relative calm pro.
visions can be made for the soldiers
bodily cleanliness. In times OF stress
no such provision can be taken adj
vantage Of and il is not uncommonl
Tor q wounded man on admission to
the hospital to have his clothes re.
moved for the first time in two or
three weeks. While in favorable cir.
D1umstances the majority of the
wounded are able to have their first
aid dressing applied at once, yet it is
not uncommon for n wnunded man
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-20
HUN PLANES AGAIN
RAID LONDON CITY
(Associs.ed Press BY q. s, Naval w,rsl.ss1

ASSOCIATED Press by o. s. Naval wirelsssD
NEW YORK, N. Y, Oct. Bore
sumption of air raids on England by
the Hun air fleets was reported from
London at an early hour this morn
ing. Six Or seven planes succeeded
in penetrating the defenses and flew
over the eastern and northeastern
counties, dropping bombs as they
went, and showering some on London,
which was reached shortly after mid
night. No details of damage or cas-
ualties were given.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-20
. WORKED FOR So A
; MONTH; RAN AWAY

y A little Portuguese girl was I
= before juvenile court the other 4
y afternoon to explain why she had \
y run away from local boarding 4
y house in whose care she had been
y placed. The girl said she had 4
y been there three years, was paid 4
y So a month, worked from 5 \
y o'clock in the morning to s or 9 \
y o'clock at night and never got a \
= raise. She added that she was \
y often scolded and slapped. The \
y court placed her IN the custody \
y of local institution. The board \
y ing house where the girl worked \
= recently figured in another ju- \
4 venile court case. I
- = = = \ - Il - L Il Il
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-20
FUNERAL NOTICE
*
LODGE LIE PROGRESS NO. a7t,

LODGE LIE PRoGREs NO. a71,
F. E. A. M.
All members of Lodge LIE Progress,
No. 81, F. & A. NJ. are requested to
assemble at the Masonic Temple Sun
day, October u, at 8 p. m, and march
to Williams Undertaking Parlors,
Nuuanu avenue, to attend the funeral
of their late brother,
7. w. DIXON.
Members of Hawaiian an4 Honolulu
Lodges and sojourning brethren are in
vited to attend.
By order of the ". NJ,
r. BEMROSE,
49,. Secretary.
6922-1t
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-20

Mrs. w. L. Emerson read a letter
from Capt. w. w. Dicks to the ladies
Of the War Council yesterday, in
which the Outdoor Circle was warmly
thanked by the men of Fort De Russy
for the entertainment given them last
Saturday afternoon by the circle
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-20

The stockholders OF the Manoa Club
met last night and reelected its off,
GERS, as follows: F. E. Steere, presi-
dent: z. A. r. Ross, vice-president;
DR.. H. Bicknell, secretary, and B. F.
Beardmore. treasurer.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-20

The Church of the Epiphany, Tenth
avenue, Kaimuki, will hold a celebra,
ton of the Holy Communion at :
o'clock tomorrow morning.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-20

DR.. and Mrs. Geo. Herbert are re.
turning from the mainland on the next
Matson steamer. i g..-ss...
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-21

car. Today Mr.. c. Carter swore out
warrants for the arrest of large
number of persons who had not come
in and paid their tax after they had
been notified. In addition to paying
the amount of their tax, they also will
be compelled to pay the costs OF suit.
Because of the increased number Of
automobiles being stolen over the
state, especially in northeast OhIs.
homa, the state highway department
has taken a hand In the campaign be-
{ng wagod against bands of automo-
bile thieves. Persons arc being warn
ed in circulars sent over the state not
to buy secondhand cars unless they
are certain the cars were not stolen.
County sheriffs in every county In the
state are asked to cooperate with the
state highway department.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-21

are taken 10 Joplin rs miles away. The
hospital at Miami would save this
long trip and is besides the logical
situation for n modern hospital. Rev.
c. stubblefield OF the First Baptist
church Of Miami. is at the head OF the
movement.
Several large contributions have
already been made and Reverenu
Stubblefield states that the largest
part OF the amount needed is already
in sight The plan is for the town and
local church to raise the money and
build the hospital and then turn the
hospital over to the State Baptist
board, who will assume the responsi :
biIity of running the hospital and
looking after its management and
up-keep from that time.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-21
The Fool Doctor.

A certain NJ. d. was hurrying down
the street when he ran into an old
negro woman with a basket Of ironed
clothes on her head. The basket fell
on the sidewalk and the contents were
scattered.
The doctor, instead OF apolQgizing
as he should have done. slipped out
an oath.
Aunty looked at him appalled, AMI
said:
The Lord have mercy on your
soul"
II haven't any soul" said the doc
tor: no one has"
"How you know?" questioned Aunty
Because l have cut up many n
dead person." replied the doctor. land
I have never found n soul in any oi
them"
"Huh!" said Aunty. beginning to
gather up her clothes and put them
back into the basket Huh! you
must be a fool to be looking for a
soul in a dead pusson."