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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-07
A MOTHERS PRAYER


Of
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All
for them the priceless reae' Of our 'A W"
suffer. and n ne~ibe o
all the
nut % ~
strength
women
with IN
Valley Of the Shadow OF a may
comfort then
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men go and the world from
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al that
nobest work to when N
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To havew we
Thnecr Thy . .,d ,nire.t
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the Himself who died TO maze
O God @ infinite love ana !" iny
in I'M hand Tor t''S
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-07
ROADS AND ROADS.

The Press Democrat of Santa Rosa
California, In column editorial. de-
rnands good roads. II insists that thcre
il only one type OF road worth building
al this time and that II the road with
the concrete foundation. II urges that
Instead Of building a few miles OF oil
macadam in each of the supervisionsi
districts OF the county, plan mainly
intended 20 please the voters of the
various dlstricts-the interests Of the
county n a whole would be better
served by uniting on one welLused
thoroughfare and putting all the money
in one place"
And isn't 1t right? II all the money
wasted on building roads for political
purposes could be recovered and wisely
used. the whole country might have
system OF highways built TO last all
time.
What y "a road for. anyhow? II II
a piece of petty political machinery
or a way on which to get goods 10
market l. II thing TO crate over
or TO ride over? The Roman roads
built by Caesar are still good. They
need to be resurfaced al intervals, but
they do not need 10 De rebuilt.
There also remains an idea that can.
ais exist for the sole benefit of politi-
clans. The sooner we prick the 'bub-
bles of these ancient suDerstltions. the
sooner we may have suitable highways
through the country. both by land and
water.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-07
NAIOCCIUSIO<.

If we could achieve the prevention
Of this most terrible blight upon child
hood. malocclusion, IL would stamp US
az deserving the most glorious COM
mendatIon and would make our profess
slonal standing more laudabie IN the
sight Of man and God.
This statement was made in perfect
seriousness by DR.. r. AR. Torsch of
Louisville. Ky. before convention OF
dentists. and Is printed in discussion
Of malocclusion in the Journal OF the
National Dental Association.
To call the imperfect closing OF teeth
upon each other the most terrible
blight upon childhood" seems To the
layrnan to be putting it rather strong
ly. Yet dentists and most physicians
are now agreed that badly closing
teeth are responsible for innumerable
digestive troubles. infections and NAL
formations of the jaw.
Too much stress caDrot be laid
upon the necessity for taking children
TO the dentist early and often. a
child's teeth. experts say, should be
examined twice a year from the time
the child Is three years old. The first
teeth, instead of being Of no conse-
auence, are of the highest importance.
II they are crowded, crooked or de-
cayed, the permanent teeth VIII OIL
most invariably be so also. If any
Strengthening and adjusting is to be
done IL must be done in the very early
years
Teeth are the gateway through which
all food must pass- Dirty teeth gre
as little to be tolerated as dirty dishes
Decayed teeth are centers Of infection
gathering and breeding places for all
the germs that are. Badly closing teeth
are like machinery out Of repair-they
do not grind food properly. They are
slackers, throwing their work upon the
stomach which Is not prepared for II.
A family dentist should be as much
Of a necessity as family doctor.
Choose a competent, well-recommended
man. See that the family go to him
regularly and abide by his decisions.
Goodlooking. cheerful children will be
the result.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-07
GIVE SAMMY A BOOK.

In every army cantonment there are
big, cheerful reading rooms for the sol
diers. In every reading room there are
rows and rows Of shelves for books.
And nearly all the shelves are empty.
There Is a systematic effort being
made to fiji them. An appeal for funds
has been issued throughout the coun-
try. fhe amount asked for ism. much
"a mere 100000. which looks trivial
when compared with the 800 900 900
asked recently by the Red Cross, and
much more 80 when compared with the
billions we are spending for other mil
itary purposes.
That million, however. viii go a
long way. The expert librarians in
charge OF the work say that the money
contributed will buy three times as
many books as It would buy ordinarily.
This Is one field in which war prices"
viii not prevail. The publishing houses
have agreed to sell books for army use
at prices giving the narrowest possible
margin above cost of manufacture.
There will be no middlemen's profits.
Authors have agreed TO forego their
royalties.
Ht DpDhb are nOl hdultu
ments. Sammy wants them to read.
He Is a great reader. He is especially
interested in war subjects. And be-
cause this is so largely war Of ma.
chinery. he wants technical books
books about electricity and mechanics,
books telling how telephone and tele-
graph systems are installed. how gas
engines work. how airplanes are made
how highways and railroads are built
and all the other big, practical activi.
ties that go into modern war-making
He wants to be an intelligent soldier.
who fights with his brains.
And then. he wants a certain amount
Of good. ordinary literature. fiction
and poetry and adventure and the rest.
TO get his mind away from war oc-
casionally, and back to the kindly. hu.
man realities Of ordinary life.
Give him IS for books. Give him 81
Or give him 10 cents. Anyhow. give
him something.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-07
HELPING TO WIN THE WAR
by George AdeJ

Article /. Advice TO Americans six
years of age and under
This is the first Of a series OF seven
| articles on Helping to Win the War
prepared by George AdeJ
Can mere child be OF service to his
~. her country while we are trying 10
make the kaiser behave?
Undoubtedly.
How?
BY observing the conduct OF weak
kneed, hysterical and complaining
adults and then being Just as differen;
from them ar possible.
This war is neither joke nor a pro-
tracted funeral.
You viii notice that some of tine older
people refuse to accept it as a fact,
while others move about in a blue funk,
exclaimine. between sobs, that the L.
s. A. is going to the bow-wows.
Let the very Young children set their
elders good example by remaining
calm but determined.
II you pick up the morning paper and
read that the U-boats bagged seventeen
ships instead Of the customary fifteen
and the Canadians captured only one
line OF trenches instead Of two. do not
shake your head and declare that the
Germans never can b. licked.
Set good example TO your fathers
and mothers and uncles and aunts by
renewing your faith dail in spite Of
an occasional setback.
Quote TO them the words OF Abraham
Lincoln: Let Us have faith that right
makes might and in that faith let Us. to
the end, dare to do our duty"
Even If you are less than six years of
age. surely you can understand that the
issues involved in this dreadful war
must be settled and settled right before
the world may hope for abiding peace
Therefore. II anyone asks you what
you think about the war. reply as fol-
lows.
President Wilson was right when
he said that the world must be made
safe for democracy. The American peo-
pie have no desire to destroy Germany
or prevent Il from regsining CONNER
cial importance. They want Germany
to restore the stolen property and go
home in "A cnastened mood. They want
to Jam the knowledge into every close
cropped Prussian head that just because
man owns a high-priced automatic
gun and has a lot OF ammt fion and
a college education he has notight TO
go out and shoot M his neighbors. The
American people are hoping - make Il
clear to the kaiser and the crown prince
and the various square-jawed Hinden-
burgs that It Is highly improper 10 form
. partnership with God for purposes OF
murder. ana then treat God as silent
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-07
TALES 0F FOREIGN TOWNS.

Panama taxes retail stores.
Toxic has 7si newspapers and period
icals
Jamaica has s.eIS miles of main
roads.
cuzco. Peru. Is to remodel its teie'
phone system.
Madrid has sixiy-seyen miles Of street
railway.
Toronto has given three airplanes 10
England.
Guayaqun. Ecuador has l''3o' pub
lie school children.
LYONS. France. is to hold il 1915 sam
ple fair opening March !.
Honekong last year sent Sl.2Oi.1S.
worth Of tin to the United states.
Manila has mean annual tempera-
tuTs- OF Snddt more iithu o' U.S. -
Rome mas a new bridge across the
Tiber. 1t has span OF 32s feet and
is the longest reinforced arch in the
world
Cork is one Of the worlds leading but
ter markets and lately has become a
margarine producing center II uses
large quantities of yellow dye.
Kambove. in the heart Of Africa, has
a modern missionary printing estao-
lishment, with a book store, which sup
plies books in twelve native languages.
Aandura. India, is considering plans
for the erection Of an electric lighting
plant capable OF providing 5000 private
lamps. 700 public lamps and 1000 fans.
Pekin. has the oldest Astronomical OBJ
servatory in the world. II was estab-
lished in 1873, and it contains several
instruments which were placed there
upon it's opening
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-07

partner. As to the nnai outcome the
Battle of the Marne was the beginning
of the end. for 900 years all the big
events OF history have marked an irre'
slstlble advance toward the establish
ment of democracy. when the German
failed in their mad rush of 1914, II
meant that an All.wise Providence and
the laws OF evolution were not To- DE
thwar,ed By a military despot with =
aris,nng nustache. Germany can not
win and therefore Germany must lose.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-07

The end Of bloodshed and sacrifice and
widespread terror VIII come a- soon ~
the United States of America begins 10
strike aggressive blows The more men
we send To the front. the fewer We VIII
lose. our greatest enemy at present -
Indecision. Our strongest alis Is Speed
our most nec,lful watchword Is Faith
Ne are golng Ia end the war and then
sit AZ the council table to repress greed
anu curb injustice.
Of course. the foregoing VIII Souhh
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-07
AROUND THE WORLD.

India has thirty-eight life insurance
companies.
South Africa exported 77s.4s2 pounds
Of butter in 1916.
China exported 81 600 tons Of copper
In 1916. against 3.O09 tons the year be
fore.
British Honduras imported goods TO
the value 81 $3.50 500 in 1916. largely
from the United States
Alssce-Lorraine is a state or -impe-
-ial territory" belonging to Germany
since 1871. il having been incorporated
.niO the new German empire under the
treaty of Frankfort.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-07
STRAFING WAGNER.

Maybe it's because Chicago has been
credited with having pro-German
mayor. That would tend to make any
American city sensitive about things
German Anyhow, Chicago is not GO
ing TO take any chance of having any
body question her musical loyalty to
the Stars and Stripes.
The Chicago Opera Company an
nounces that 'f1 Difference 20 20 sen
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-07

rather hlfaluting 20 come from a six
year-old child. hut II viii be the truth.
ana the truth Is needed In large doses
al present. especially by people NOR"
than six years 81 age.
That viii be all for today. Children
You may run along and play
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-07

Have your overcoat ana sui, made 1"
order. We can show you the pattern
YOU want. si7 Tailoring Co. 20 y.
Washington -. -
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-07
Political Observations.

Attention of the "willful few Is In
vited to the fact that NJ various 'iiiies
In the history ~ the United states nNe
senator's have been expelled for us
loyalty
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-07

tn. tide Of petitions for the expulsion
OF Senator La Toilette has become q
food. These petitions are coming lr"h
all parts OF the country and from many
kinds of organizations.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-07

Last year the United States mineI
6OO.OOO.O0o tons OF coal. the greatest
production ever witnessed in the world
and Of this amount we wasted $50 600.
900 tons. or 25 per cent. through inef-
ficieni use.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-07

Il is believed that not much more
than one-half Of the cultivabie area OF
India j. under cultivation at the pres.
ont time
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-07

The Italian war department employs
nearly .5oe0 women. many Of whom
are engaged IN digging trenches
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-07

Pauls valley Democrat: Don't laugh
at the girl with freckled face. She
probably has a clear conscience rare
article these days.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-07

India has $4,000 miles Of railway anc
10000 miles Of telegraph. compared
with 1900 miles Of railway and II coo
miles Of telegraph in 1861
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-07

Miami News: Always the man who
doesn't raise any food is the hardest
10 please at dinner time.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-07

Another congressional junket has been
trip to Hawaii as the guests
of the Chamber OF Commerce "i NOM"
lulu. The party VIII be in charge oi
prince Cupid" delegate from Hawaii
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-07

Sherman CTeXasD Courier: AlligatOrs
are said to be fashionable pets in New
York society. but there are few who
care to go To the expense Of bringing
on Florida water TO keep them in. hence
they will never become popular with
the multitude.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-07

Miami News. Always. tne man VINO
doesn't raise any food is the hardest
10 please at dinner time.
Sherman CTexas) Courier: AlligatOrs
are said to be fashionable pets in New
York society. but there are few who
care to go To the expense Of bringing
on Florida water TO keep them in, hence
they will never become popular with
the multitude.
Chickasha Express: And sometimes
saints as well as sinners find pleasure
In pecking at preachers.
Clinton Messenger: Some men 20
through life on the theory that 1t is
better to spend dollar foolishly than
to lend II and never get it back.
EartlesviIle Examiner Won Tirpitz
has signified his desire to protect lit
tie Belgium from the designs OF Eng
land He certainly is a kind hearted
old gentleman.
RI Reno Democrat: II is Just nat
urally born in man To want 10 dictate
to something or somebody. but the man
who marries with the idea of having
a subordinate to boss is one Of human
ity's most pathetic figures.
Tulsa World Reading Aloud Lost
Art" states a headline. Obviously the
headwriter does not attend the movies.
q
that Germany will re-establsh civil
government in Belgium. How fast the
mighty are falling.
Guthrie Leader: Probably the rea-
son the wife OF worthless husband
is energetic is that she has to be-
DIumight Derrick: just how much
longer the kaiser win be able TO con-
vince the German people that he Is
not shaking in his boots is a question
that must soon be answered.
81. Joseph (MoJ News-Press The
spelling reformers haven't tackled
knit" yet They'd better nit. eh what?
Evansville Texasl Register: The
kaiser wants peace with honor" No
doubt little honor would be a good
thing for Bin TO have on hand, but
would he use it when dealing diplo-
matically? The records against him
Kansas City Nio) Journal: Governor
Bilbo Of Mississippi is knitting socks
for soldiers This is something new
Many governors knit very earnestly at
times. but knit only their brows
Gaelic American CNew York; The
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-07

Gaelic American (New York.: The
cement ships IS a concrete example OF
what can be accomplished by good
mixer
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-07

There VIII be a referendum vote Nov
on the legislative act permitting ONO
women to vote for president. unless the
supreme court gives a decision prevent
ing. and the suffragists are organizing
for the campaign on the theory that the
court VIII give no such decision.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-07

Kansas City Nio) Journal; Governor
Bilbo Of Mississippi is knitting socks
for soldiers. This is something new.
Many governors knit very earnestly at
times. but knit only their brows.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-07

Chickasha Express; And sometimes
saints as well as sinners find pleasure
IN pecking at preachers.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-01-18
~You Are a Smart, Capable Woman"

when her heart longed for Bernard
Royd. After she had become a
widow the old friendly acquaintance
was resumed Salina made no denial
to close friends that she loved her old
time sutton. She had sold the home
because Pearl River investments were
reported doubling up, and she liked to
anticipate a goodly dover she could
bring to Royd. in case he proposed.
There was nothing TO do but to
build a small house on the forty
acres and she and an old man serv-
ant of the family try to wrest a liv-
ing from the unfruitful soil.
Ropd did not see Salina before she
moved. He was a civil engineer and.
she learned, was employed by the de-
velopment company. She took heart
of hope. He could not have entirely
forgotten her, and in his business
duties would be likely TO be at times
in the neighborhood and come to see
her.
Salina heard from him indirectly.
An old neighbor visited her, who had
met Royd down the valley.
"He asked about you, Mrs. Burgess"
the informant told her. He was sur
prised when l informed him of
your grand move. He looked seri-
Gus. Robbed her, Ell? and she is
quite poor. Tn going TO call on her
when 1 work down the valley on my
surveyors trip 1 say, Mrs. Burgess,
that would have been a sure match for
YOU if you had stayed at Riverton,
wouldn't it?'
But Salina only blushed and looked
embarrassed and tried TO laugh away
the matter. All the same from that
day forward she set about making the
rude and humble home as presentable
as possible.
one day Royd came TO the place.
He found Salina neat and trim of
garb. sweet and glad of spirit. The
house was neat as pin. She cooked
him n meal that made him long for
more. Barren as the land was she
had raised some hardy vegetables, had
four cows and milk which she sold at
n large profit TO laborers working
along the river. and chickens galore.
"You are a smart, capable woman
declared Royd with sincerity. ITS a
shame they sold you this wretched
niece of desert land, when there are
such desirable sites further up the
stream"
And then a thoughtful, calculating
expression came into the face OF
Royd. He took quite scientific sur
yey of the barren forty acres. He
crossed ii TO where at its inner edge
me ground depressed TO the bed of
nurtling stream that wound in and
out and ten miles farther on Joined
the Pearl river.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-01-18
TheGood
Friend
BY Jessie Ethel Sherwin
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Copyright. 1916. By W. G. Chapman.)
Willis Strong, specious swindling
land agent, thought he had turned a
particularly clever trick when he in
duced Mrs. Salina Burgess, two years
4 widow, to invest nearly all she had,
some two thousand dollars, In forty
acres of land.
great company had been formed
to develop the Pearl river district.
Numerous land spectators had rushed
in to buy up what tracts they could,
counting on the prestige of the really
reputable men behind the company To
sell anything and everything lining
the river at any preposterous price
they might charge.
Salina, fair, thirty, venturesome,
bought the forty acres without seeing
it. When she did see it she realized
that she had been swindled and sat
down on a rock and cried. 1t was
enough to make angels weep The
forty acres were located on a barren
stretch of rock where the river
turned. There were patches of soil
here and there, but in the main it
was bare as a Himalayan plateau.
"And I sold the small but coy home
at Riverton for this !" she sobbed
desolately. And I've got to live here,
for have no other possession on
earthl"
'Then, too, Mr.. Royd," she added,
why have 1 thrown my chance
away"
A memory of Bernard Royd was
tender spot with Salina. She had
been forced by a scheming mother,
now dead, to marry Robert Burgess,
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-01-18
- The -
Scrap Book
Ruined His Climax.

II used to be the annual custom Of
Mr. Ledger. proprietor Of the London
Era and a clever journalist. TO enter
tain the theatrical celebrities Of the
day at dinner and to commemorate the
occasion by some Lucullan freak.
He once had eighty strawberry plants
carefully nurtured IN pots so that at
dessert be might say TO his guests.
each opposite a blooming strawberry
plant. Now. my dear friends. gather
your own fruit"
The dinner had progressed finely 10
the dessert when the service seemed
slow. Ledger cried 10 his man:
Come. come, The DESSERT
'In minute. sir" was the reply.
They've nearly finished picking the
stra " berriesT -LondOn Globe.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-01-18
URIC ACID

Every since the discovery of Scheele
in 1775 that uric acid was found within
the body-rnost eminent physicians
agree that rheumatism is caused by it;
also many distressing symptoms as
headache, pain in back, stomach dis
tress, swollen feet and ankles, govt, etc.
Neglected kidney trouble is responsible
for many deaths.
1t was Dr. Pierce OF the Invalids'
Hotel, Buffalo, n. Y, who discovered
a new agent called Anuric, a harmless
-e-nedy-that if taken before meals will
carry of the uric acid from the system
and in this way the pains and aches, the
creaky joints and all the distressing
symptoms of rheumatism and other
maladies disappear. You can easily
prove this yourself by obtaining An
'ric at almost any drug store, CT send
DR.. Pierce 1Oc for trial pkg. Try it
and be convinced Anuric is many times
more active than hthia and eliminates
:;ric acid as hot water nelts sugar.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-01-18
BOUND TO GET IN WRONG
Fact Early in His Happy Mar
ried Life.

It was the second Tuesday of the
first month of their married life.
He had just returned from the hor-
rid, horrid office. and now they were
facing each other across their coy.
wozey little dining table in the dining
room, tastefully furnished in the style
of Louis XCvIII.
"Piedwick," she pouted, you
haven't said a word about the dinner
that 1 cooked for you with my Genie
weeny own hands. you haven't, you
haven't"
MY lover" he cried. the light of an
inexpresSible admiration shining from
all his eyes. Il never tasted such a
magnolious. scrumptious. absolutely
very-good Eddy dinner in my life. L
never even smelt one. My angel, the
man who could be insensible TO these
incomparably prepared viands and
foodstuffs would be dog, an migrate,
a traitor and boob"
He suddenly threw on the check
rein.
Etheldita was crying
"You only love me for my cooking,"
she sobbed.
And to show his absolute neutrality
he had to slam his face down in his
spaghetti, and she came over and
picked the pieces of, and all was Sc
rene for eight minutes.-DetrOit Free
Press.