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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-24

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pre.nrt. q n yuurg chairman.
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sf.ubous. commissioner. s W. Tyer.
county clerk.
Absent. None
Among other proceedings the fol-
towing were had.
Commissioner W. r. Wbitson intro
duroI resolution i'm >ords and fig
ures as follows.
Resolution.
a RESOLUTION RELATIVE TO
CALLING AND HOLDING 4 SPE-
CIAL ELECTION IN HEWITT
TOWNSHIP CARTER COUNTY.
STATE OF OKLAHOMA. FOR THE
PURPOSE or VOTING UPON THE
QUESTION or THE ISSUANCE
OF ROAD IMPROVEMENT BONDS
IN SAID TOWNSHIP, AND flNlNH
THE NECESSARY DETAILS IN
RELATION THERETO.
Whereas, II ls deSlred ana deemed
necessary to secure rlEhIol-"dy lof
roads ana highways, ana 10 improve
the roads ana highways Ih lieNul
township Carer county. Ohlahohi,
by drainluE grazing hraNeinE OF
maeddaMlIius 'he same ana pun 'H"S'
lhE ana constructing DIl0Bea anu cur.
NeEis theieoh, lne '7lII'l"l'" COS, ol
"h!th is . ,O"Vu'V' which l"s''nci
win AN o'heI I,uao'e"''e77 ol s"lu
lo"H7ilIp' Us less una" Il'r pe' ,'"' VI
lH' asSe9seu l@'u"'io'' " '''' ,,., '"NpU'o ,',
property j." 9'Iu '"N "5i''p' 40 tiNe" "S
l,le ''''' hu"I" VI '-,,''ilH,',io'' '''
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'ouu.y commissioners u 'dII'' ,oun'
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aclIon ol business ol lltMItV loN nS"'p
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rlIS'' lliat Spe'l"' Ilect'o" w
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heIu III iSwl.l n,N,l, o" hslIp, ,o, ,a Ia..
ter county, OKIaholna' on the -"G day
oI June i9l,, Ior thG puIpoSe ol sun,
nliI''TE TO th' qualI,,eu qeIi,.. elecloIs "
sald lo"hshlp' lhe following PROPOSE
'oh n,onoetr,o>,
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S'onerS ol carter COUNTY, Oh'dHollia'
aculnS LOT ana on DehalI oI ne" il'
Io"nShiP De authori%eu TO issue i'. tht
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III lne amount 9l S'o'ooU'vo ior the tihe
purpose OF proviulhg iuhus lor the
purpoSt ol securing Ilsht'Ol'"ay' anu
lor Tue improvement ,iN.il 1I roauS ana iish'
N"lS III salu ~" 'Slllp py uralillils,
El"u''ls' sI"Ng''hb OF iliacauaiiii%ins :
lne sam sam anu anu puIgnaS!ns anu coI'
s,' u'I'uS o'lus'S anu 'u'''llS tllc'eoll' ',
anu 'c,S anu vo,l,'' an dllnua' laH
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-24

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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-24

We have for quick sulc. five of the
best new bungalows iu southwest Ard.
more Prices from s. 500 TO SA5O0
and thD mos, liberal terms can hr ar.
RANGED, cheaper than rent
1888 GUlLLOT s. HALL.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-24

4 RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD or
COMMISSIONERS or THE CITY
or ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA, DE
CLARING A NECESSITY TO M
PROVE "a" STREET NORTH
WEST, FROM THE NORTH LINE
or BROADWAY TO THE SOUTH
LINE OF EIGHTH AVENUE.
NORTHWEST. OF THE CITY OF
ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA INCLUD.
ING ALLEY CROSSINGS AND
STREET lNTERS ECTION
THEREON AND APPROVING THE
ESTIMATES AND SPEClFICA.
TIONS ORDERING SAME TO BE
FILED AND ORDERING THIS
RESOLUTION TO BE PUBLISHED.
BE TT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD
or COMMISSIONERS OF THE
CITY OF ARDMORE.
l. That whereas. on May the 18TH,
1917. the Board of Commissioners pass
ed a resolution which was approved by
the mayor, that necessity existed to
improve portion of "a" street, north
west, of the city of Ardmore, herein.
after especially described, and
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-24

NII'NI.
GEO W GROOM. city Clerk.
Seal
OFrst published May a. 1910. 2iG
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-20
3lIITARY ROMANCE is
disclosed ON THE RETURN
OF ORLANDO COMPANY
announced That Miss Norman
Srnch and Mr.. Mcdowell Butt
Were Married Last Angus.

Orlando, March % The calling
of the troops 10 the border caused
the Fastening to marriage of many
rendin2 engagements, but net until
Yesterday was it known that Orlando
could claim one of the most roman
tic OF such events. 1t was long time
r keep the secret. but so carefully
was it guarded that nobody knew.
that is, very few were in the secret.
for it is impossible to be carried
without somebody having knowledge
CT it Yesterday, however when the
Orlando company reached home it
was not long until the story leaked
out. being. briefly, that on Aug. II.
1876. Miss Norma Bunch and Mr..
Mcdowell Butt were married. Not
even the parents Of the bride knew
II until they were informed yester-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-20
PROPOSE MERGER OF ALL
LONDON PAPERS INTO ONE:
STAFFS FOR TRENCH SERVICE

London. March 20. There is a
movement afoet to induce all Lon
don newspapers to pool their prop
critics and issue single sheet, thus
releasing the staffs of all but one for
active duty at the front. They are
trying ii on the dog first. When the
s,affs of the two local papers in the
little village of Peterborough ap-
peaTed before the military tribunal
for their REGULAR semi-annual exemp-
ton they were informed that the
mayor had decided the two papers
should merge into one, and that
half of them could go and get meas
ured for khaki
The proprietors naturally sat up
on their hind legs and hcwled.
Rut the ears of tribunal arc
deaf. and the publishers have less
than a month to think it over.
Meanwhile the movement is spread
ing to London.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-20
EVANSTON. EXCLUSIVE
CHICAGO SUBURB, THREAT
ENED WITH PETTICOAT RULE

Evanston, III, March ~ Weary
If having mere men mayors and
ccuneilmen who spend their waking
hours working in Chicago and let
rlunicipal affairs in this exclusive
suburb go hand the women of
Evanston have drafted system cf
Petticoat politics and plan to elect
a woman manned city administra-
ton this spring.
The women here have the fran
case and the men rather expect
them to put their plan into effect.
Already they have cne woman elect
cd to the school dictatorship and an
other a Justice of the peace, the frs
in Illinois.
The plan is to have the women
win all the elective cfliees then ap-
pcint women to all the appointive
Offices. including the position OF nre
and police commissioner However
tho fremen and policemen them
lselves will continue to be men.
I'VE will admit that men Know
some things that we do not know
abcut city affairs" said Mrs. Anna
Row Cross wife of an attorney. to-
dav. but well very soon learn
~ ON Mrs. Gross is one of the
lnn,.nnnnntts leadnrs
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-20

tents II has been increasingly diff
fcult fer a doctor to make living
from the normal supply OF patients.
Sc the start was made when by law
school children were vaccinated
their tonsils excavated. their glands
side-swiped. their ears drilled out.
and their blessed little tummfes
thoroughly made over
Eut even infantile paralysis fear
waves. and epidemics OF appendicitis
said being frequently merely con
situation. and school clinics and
health departments costing millions
could net provide enough jobs; and
with the automobile, and some new
mental creeds. and other revelations
keeping the people disgus'ingly
healthy. it becomes Necessary not
nnly more closely to- watch and ward
the public health by law. but to pre-
vent by law any healer healing un-
less he is a regular" The lates.
move in the big plot is to put every
person in the nation under the direct
power of the members of the Ameri-
can Medical Society, and this is a
move that should be checked before
IL Is too late.
I. The circular closes by saying.
THE best way to discover disease
carly is to have periodic overhaul
ing of your body at least once \
year Let's have one
week year when everybody has to
subscribe to at least six daily papers
and pay fer year in advance. Isn't
a newspa per as much of a necessitv
as doctor? And since lawyers and
writers and other professions 10 not
have to compel folks by law to sup
port them because they cannot make
a living by their own efforts. why
should certain clique OF a certain
brand of medical theory-nct science
theory-be given this sort Of \
s,rangle hold7 Nix on that annual
examination thing: we have trouble
cn~uoh r/w keeping in trim with
out combating half a million profes-
-sionai fear germs.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-20
WATERMELON ACREAGE IS
LARGER THAN EVER KNOWN

Leesburg. March 30 That the
watermelon crop in this section will
be larger than ever known before is
certain, is a statement made by Rob
ert Taylor. statistical agent for the
Atlantic Coast Line Railway. who
has been here for several days max
ing a survey of the vegetable and
frait situation Mr.. Taylor finds that
there are 10000 acres in watermel-
ons. the product from which will be
shipped from this point. He says that
acreage around Leesburg and other
Lake county towns is also large.
Another large crop this spring
will be cucumbers. according to Mr.
Taylor's observations, and more
growers are putting in Irish an !
sweet potatoes. The tomato product
in this section will be very small.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-20
PROSPECTS BRIGHT FOR
BUILDING A BRIDGE OVER
THE APALACHICOLA

Tallahassee. March 20. Pros
Iects appear bright for beginning
actual work en- the proposed high
waybridge across the Apalachicola
river, on the route of the Jackson
viile-Tallahassee- Pensacola public
ROAD, at an early date In fact. !,
now appears that as on as Jackson
county arranges for providing its
proportion of the cost of the struc-
ture, definite steps can be taken by
the State Read Department of Flor
ida to bring the matter to a poin.
where bids can be advertised for the
work
Hon. j. ID. Smith, of Mariana.
the members of the State Road De-
pariment representing the third con
sr"sslcnal district of Florida, has
been advised by State Good Road
Commissioner VIM +. Cooke that
the United States Office of public
roads and rural engineering has
practically agreed to the prc position
OF the State road department for
bridging only the main channel of
the river at present II this Is done.
the cost will be considerably lower
than If the structure CT concrete and
steel should be built to extend to
high water mark on each bank OF
the river. The plan prepared ny the
United States Office of public roads
shows steel spans upon concrete
piers to cross the low water or chan
mel portion OF the river only and
wooden trestie approaches to connect
with the present travelled roads at
either end.
| As the State road department will
hold a meeting at Orlando next Wed
nesday. March 21, IL is very prob
able that Mr.. J. d. Smith will take
the matter up with the jackson
&C unity people at once and he ready
to repctr definitely what that coun-
jty will do in the way of providing
its share of the cost of the structure.
Gadsden county has bonded fo-
$50 900 fer its proportion of the cost
of the bridge. the State road depart
lment has recommended that at least
s4a 600 of the federal aid road fund
lappcrtioned TO Florida be expended
On this structure, and il is new up
to Jacksoncounty to equal the
amount appropriated by Gadsdeu
jccunty as its share of the cost
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-20
Weather Report

Tampa. March 20, 19l7.-For Tam
ma and vicinity: Fair to night ana
Wednesday.
For Florida: Fair tonight and Wed
pesdav except probably local rams
in north portion. warmer 'o'is"'
in northwest portion.
Minds For SO Hours Ending p' M
For East Gulf: Moderate southeast
and south.
For South Atlantic; Moderate
on,h axcept east and southeast on
the Florida coast.
General Weather Conditions
An arear of high pressure cover
.,o southeast and generally fair
weather prevailed over the eastern
ha,f If the country. except in north'
orn Georgia. where there was hgh'
,raas of low pressure appear
oror the upper Lakes, western can
aaa and western Texas. but the onis
rain during the past "a hours IN 'ne
n.os, was over the north facii'
states. III r,orn
Inc east Of the Mississippi ana aiso
-. ,ba vest Gulf states y !
slightly cooler over the Plans s'a
,ha Rocky Mountain region
u indications are for continued IAN
a.sor IN the vicinity of Tampa 70
night and Wednesday with not "''r
change in temperature.
WALTER J. BENNETT.
Meteorologist-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-20
TOO MUCH HEALTH ADVICE
tFrom an Editorial in The Rec I'd
Los Angeles, CALI

Los Angeles, tal.
The Record, being fairly wise in
it's day and generation. has not Law
iehly used the publicity stuff sent
rat Nv various cheney olent" insti-
tutes. societies. associations, and
cubs. We speak now of those much
advertised associations that seek 10
advise the public in regard ~ its
health or that seek to prevent dis
case er that desire TO shoot MS all
f1lI Of sernms and germs before We
catch something SCmehow we al
VANS have had mean suspicion
that most of these associations were
conducted LARGELY for the benefit or
co,iain d.ctors who seek medical
ucnopoly in this country. We are
clad to discover our suspicins veri-
fed nv a recent yellow circular from
the National Association for the
Study and Prevention of Tuhereu-
lcsis.
This circular says that there is 4
national movement on foot to insti-
,ute a National Medical Examination
day fer every person. sick or well
II x planned that at least once a
veor every person in this country be
examined by a doctor, who VIII IN
nine cases out of ten find something
wrong with the subject; and who
t.t4er could he found to rectify the
s;iment than the examining doctor
rbe circular naively says: out OF
80 thousands who have been exam
,,,aa and found tc be impaired. only
1r per cent imagined there was any
thing wrong with them; the remain
,rr q0 per cent suppose themselves
nerfectly we'll ="
G once a year il is prop sea 70
herd the people cf this nation 20
.otbor for the members of the Med
,c., Association 10 go over
The cold fact is. that the medicai
.ob ols Of this country have been
turning ont tens Of thousands oil
aoc,ors for whom there were no %
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-20
TAv COMMISSION
MAKES STATEMENT

Tallahassee, Fla, March 20. .-
State Tax Commissioner R. ]. Pat
terson this morning made this state
ment for publication:
II has been Said that the tax com
mission should be either abolished or
gwen more power and that the tax
commissioners themselves took this
View of the matter. We do not,
want YOU to say fer me that under
10 circumstances should the tax
commission be abolished, but it
shoud be given the power it asks
Tor and then if it is nct able to ac-
eomplish what it should, the person
hel OF the present tax commission
SHOULD be changed. If, with more
poWer we cannot make good, fire us
out and get some new commission
efs. but do not under any circum-
stances do away with the tax COM
MISSION. | personally believe that
Inc personnel of the tax commission
as It now stands can accomplish q
Great deal of good fer the State.
When the Railroad Commission
vas first organized, it had no power
and could dc nothing, but after il
vas given power it did many things
and grew popular. Now even the
railroads themselves would not have
sae Railroad Commission abolished
me largest property holders. al
e'oagh their taxes will be increased
II many instances many times as
'fSlit Of the efforts of the tax com
a''Ssi n. will eventually be the bes'
y coates OF a tax commission, be
Saase in that way taxes can o.
74'alized without hinderances from
"a Influences, and in the long run
'efybody in the State will be better
on because cf it.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-20
|0OO SUBMARINE
CHASfRS TO Be
READY IN
-FOUR MONTHS
|FFINITE PLANS FOR PR0TEC-
TON OF LIVES AND PROPERTY
WILL BE ANNOUNCED AFTER
ToDAY'S CABINET MEETING
i BY Associated Press.)

Washington, March 20. .-Secre-
hrs Daniels ordered the naval COM
bonders at shore stations and all re-
.ruiting officers to prepare to enlist
tomen in actual naval service in
ase OF emergency. The plan is to
Sc women ashore as stenographers
lad clerks and possibly as wireless
Soerators. In this way they will re-
|eye that many men.
Additional steps to protect Ameri-
IAN lives and property against Ger
nan submarines is expected to take
Refnite fern after today's cabinet
keeting. AS has been the case since
In of official Washington has ack-
kcsledged that state Of war prac-
Really exists between the United
States and Germany, there is much
Speculation as to exactly what the
h-esident will do next. In the mean
hne the navy is hurrying prepara-
HONS t the fullest extent to carry
|mt the policy of armed neutrality
|lho possibilities are that this policy
will even range to active cO-opera'
|tien with the entente fleet to drive
German submarines from tse ship
|pirc lanes. 1t is expected the Unit
led States will have two thousand
|s.nall boats as submarine chasers oil
patrols in four months, and will ais,
|call rut privately owned motor boat'
|offered by owners for coast patrol.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-20
Two Believed Lest
(By Associated Press. ,

Washington, March 20. d.ieuten
ant Chorth and Machinist Mate
Schroeder are believed to have
drowned last night in an attempted
escape of the sailors Of tsnc internen
German raiders at Philadelphia
Fight were captured including those
|csptured last night officials feel
certain that the commanders of the
German vessels sanctioned the at
tempt. but none escaped
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-20
ENTENTE MINISTER'S
RESUME RESIDENCES
At ATHENS TODAY
{ By Associated Press

Press dispatches from Athens say
.he entente ministers resumed their
residences in Athens and that a cargo
Of wheat will be discharged for
Athens today. TINS indicates that
Greece has complied with the enten-
te demands to remove the Greek
army to lower Greece
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-20
FRENCH ARE
IN STRIKING
DISTANCE OF
H|NDfNBURC
CONTINUE TO PUSH AT THEIR
HEELS; GERMANS CLAIM RE-
TREAT is A MASTERSTROKE
BY Associated Press. }

The French troops are pushing
lara on the heels of the retreating
Germans today within striking dis
lance of the 'llindenburg line tho
supposed goal of the retirine foe
On this line are the historic
towns of Lille, Cambrai, st. Quentin.
l-aonN and Lafere. The British 10
Tue north are advancing more SLOWLY
nut are dcggedly pushing ahead
French military writer's say the Ger
man retreat has already released
about two hundred thousand men for
the long predicted counter offensive
which may be another drive towards
Calais. The German newspapers saw
the retreat is a master stroke of Won
lIindenburg to vitiate the entente
Preparations for an offensive.
Germany announced that the
British and Germans were fighting
with cavalary and infantry engage
ments Monday on both sides OF the
River Somme and Disc The Ger
mans repulsed the French attacks on
the left bank of the Meuse The
French announced the repulse OF
German attacks on the verdun
front, destruction of communica-
tions, and bad weather are hinder
inc entente advances.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-20
ANT|-D[NOCRACY.
Spirit CAUSE.
Of CfRMANY'S
(JNPOPUlAIuTY
{ by Associated Press. }

Berlin, March 90. Phillip Schei-
Geman, Socialist leader of the Reich
stag says in the Vcrwaerts that II
does not require many words to ex-
plain why the whole world is
against Germany" lie declares the
world sees among Germany's enemies
the more cr less developed forms OF
Democracy Especially since Rus
sian despotism is gone. and in Ger
many they see "only Prussians.'
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-20
Women OF U.S.TO Be ENLISTED
I'm ACTUAL NAVAL SERVICE IN
ORDER TO RELEASE ALL MEN
POSSIBLE FOR ACTIVE DUTY
6LAMEs WOMEN FOR
HIGH COST OF SHOES

Pasadena. Cal, March 2O.-Wom-.
ans vanity may compel the poor male
creature to go barefoot in the not
remote future. NJ S. Barnet. head OF
the Barnet Leather company. of Lit.
tie Fall, y Y. declared here that the
shortage in leather has been caused
largely by the new styles. which de
mand that women's shoes reach half
way to their knees.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-20
PEOPLE TO DECIDE
What kind OF
GOVT RUSSIA
IS TO HAVE
BY Associated Press. }

Petrograd. March 20.-lt was
learned at the foreign cffice Monday
that Russia's government will rest
exclusively in the control of a coun-
Gil Of ministers until the convening
OF the Institutional Assembly. II
the people decide upon a monarchy
il will be a monarchy of the most
limited type. the foreign Office an
ncdnced
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-20
tRv Associated Press. J

birmingham, March 90 David
0varton. former clerk Of the Madi-
son county court. convicted of the
murder of Probate Judge lawler, has
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-20
LAKELAND, FLORIDA, tt EsDAY, MARCH 20 1917
NO LIVES LOST ON
CITY OF MEMPHIS.
CAPT. BORUN And
7 MEN SAFE
tBy Associated Pres. J

New York. March 20 No lives
We're lost in the sinking of the Amer
can steamer City of Memphis. Cap
tar Borum cabled that he and the
seven men were saved
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-20

day Mr.. Butt was one of the first
- volunteer and went into camp
with his company when the call
came in June. In August he got a
frrlcugh and came back to Orlando
and ii was then that the marriage
was consummated
Miss Bunch is the eldest daughter
OF Mir. and Mrs. K. l.. Bunch and Is
one of Orlando's most popular young
ladies. She has resided in Orlando
mCst of her life and has host of
friends who wish her great happi-
moss in her welded life
Mr Butt is the youngest son of
the late judge Butt. who resided in
Orlando for a number Of years. Mr..
Iutt prior his enlistment in Com
rany C held prominent position
with the Gulf Refining Co., in North
Carolina.