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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-28
WHAT EDITORS SAY
Fschew Bread; Eat Corn Cake.

According to government estimates, the corn crop OF
the United States will be in excess OF 3O0OW0OW bushels,
while tho wheat output will be about 7OOUOWn bushels,
M0,WNNN less than the estimated requirements OF the
United States and the entente. We must he careful, there
fore, with our use OF wheat flour, but as lar as corn IS
concerned we may so as lar as We like,
In the south the use OF corn is well known, but in the
north corn on the cob and the corn fed TO hogs are the
only varieties housewives know. The patriotic woman will
do well to familiarize herself this fall and winter with
the various forms Of appcti8ing and delicious cakes that
can he made OF Americas greatest staple. Corn ponc, egg
bread, hoe cake, homlny, grlts, corn meal mullins and
corn dumpl'ngs-all OF them are as appcu1lng and a.
nutritious as wheat bread BY SO doing she will not only
popularile herself with those who cat at her table, but she
will save money, and. last but not least, she will render
a real patriotic Scrvice.-St Louis ost-DSpatch.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-28

that proves to a man that loaiing IS
harder work than working
When a man hasn't a blame thing on
earth to worry him he goes and gets
married
The reason why YOU can't drown your
sorrows in the flowing bowl is because
liquor is sure to make your head SWIM.
The man who sits down and waits for
big opportunities to come his way is
never going to get anywhere. The
secret Of success lies in grasping small
opportunities and turning them into big
ones.
The trouble with the fellow who car
tell you how to get rich quick is that
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-28
MUsKocEE IS NEEDLEssLY WORRYING

0NE Of the newspapers, the Phoenix, at Muskogee, con
tinues to worry about the action of the people OF
Oklahoma City In voting bonds that would make possible
I purchase OF the state fair property and converting it
into a public park for all time, And the Phoenix gets
away from the facts in the case.
So that the people of Oklahoma may know that they
are being deceived by printed reports sent out Of Mus
kogee in connection with the state fair, the case might be
briefly reviewed.
The property Of the state fair consists Of 100 acres Of
land east OF Oklahoma City. This quarter section Of land
~s owned by the state, was designated rs school land.
snd' was improved by the corporation which established
the state fair, The school land commissioners offered the
land Tor sale. Bidding was open to the world. No schem.
Ing investor OF Muskogee cared to bid on the property.
So, the land was bid in by the State Fair association.
The Muskogce Phoenix seeks 10 give the impression
that the school children were deprived Of ,hi, particular
quarter section of land. Nothing ~ the kind happened
After proper advertising, the school land was sold 10
ue bidder that Offered the most money. And the none,
goes into the school fund Of the state for the bcneh, Of
1e children.
Meanwhile, the stockholders Of the Oklahoma stat,
Gir donated their holdings, representing more than SlOOOW
I II real money. to Oklahoma City, provided the xiers al
~ Malone City favored a bond issue to convert the stat,
\ 6hosnds into a public park.
&s>sMEA3a few weeks the state fair will be open. It vii
tGrDlnoe 10 be an educational institution for the chldr,l
VI ~ stste. The children Of this state are benefited il
0e1 ways than one by the state fair. When the Phoeni,
- sbout the school children being robbed, that pape
10y ieses IT. head and founders around in efforts t
- de people. The Phoenix fools no one but itself
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-28

he is liable 10 borrow a dollar from YOU
when he gets through relating his
schemes.
Once in a while you will find a clerk
who is willing to admit that his boss
knows almost as much as he does.
Most OF the time the man who talks
about them things has a bigger bank
roll than the lad who knows how TO say
those things.
The only women haters we ever knew
were married men who confined their
hating to one woman,
What has become OF the old fashioned
h~ousekecper who used to weigh the gro
corieS as soon as they were delivered.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-28
Luke McLuke Saws

4 bride doesn't believe 1t. But the
fact is that after marriage a mans love
IL more liable to rust out than it is 10
wear out.
The only time you are willing TO
listen to another mans troubles is when
he is doing all the buying
Soldiers may be fighting in Churches
over IN Europe, But in this country the
choirs do all the fighting that is done
IN Churches.
A married lawyer can break the will
Of a dead man when he can't break
the will OF a live woman.
Judging from the crowds of men fol.
lowing them, all pretty girls are borr
leaders.
The annual vacation is an institution
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-28

The leading local food expert give, sound advice on
the use of stale bread, But it is d difficult to find n better
use for that commodity than to convert it into a pudding
swimming in brandy sauce, il any one had the foresight
prior to June II to plan for the sauce.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-28

INNEWTYpH
Prom Te N PILES
Twenty Years Ago.

Twenty Years Ago.
Mr.. Connellee went to Eastland,
Texas, today to bring his family here.
A. {. Bennett, returned to Purcell
this morning.
Last night the ladies Of the Eastern
Star gathered at the home of Mrs. c.
p. Walker and gave that lady a sur
prise party in honor Of her long and
faithful services as a member of that
order.
Silver was lower today than il has
ever been. The intrinsic value Of the
white metal dollar was IS cents.
-
Fifteen Years Ago.
A lot on Main street between Hud-
son and Harvey for $4,000 We will
let you have this Immediately and are
not particular about all the cash. House
on it rents for $50. This is business
property
c. NJ Cade OF Shawnee was a guest
at the Lee today,
] F. Seaforth OF the Palace phar-
macy is expected home from Denver
today
The strike in eastern Galioia of over
a hundred thousand laborers, most Of
them Russians, and which developed
into a rising against the landed pro-
p%rietors Of the district, is becoming
more serious. The laborers are starv-
ing.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-28
What Is Home Without a Gum

LLaFIlnyllle (lIl.) EnQuirer)
II, Cope OF East ST. Louis is here
buying up walnut logs from those who
have any to sell and shipping them to
East St Louis to be made into gun
stocks and other useful articles Of
household use.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-28
Ten Years ago.

A dispatch today from the national
convention Of the Beta Theta Pi fra
ternity now in session at Niagara Falls.
n Y, to J W. Perry of Lawton, one
OF the members of the local society of
Gamma Phi at the university at Nor
man, states that the Gamma Phi has
been granted a charter as a local Of
the Beta Theta Pi
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Hales Of l0l
East Sixth street, are the very proud
posscssors OF a handsome ~ten-pound
baby boy who arrived yesterday. Mr..
Hales is very greatly elatcd as this is
the first boy in the family and hi,
friends are rejoicing with him.
Mr.. Warner Vance formerly with the
American National bank, leaves tomor-
row for Denver TO make his future
home.
Charles Carpenter, 2l2 West Fiji
teenth street, assistant cashier OF the
Farmers State bank. had a narrow
escape from death last night when a
bullet which he believes was fired by
some drunken a~utomobilist. crashed
through his room and imbeddcd itself
in the pillow where his head was rest
ing. When he awoke in the morning
he found the bullet lying on the pillow.
Creamery butter 81 cents. Eggs, -
cents.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-28
Ouch.

DO your cows give you much milk"
asked the City Boardcr.
Nav" replied the Farmer, they
don't give me nothin'. | have to swap
them fodder for it."
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-28

A Kansas newspaper tells Of a judge who fined a man
30 for beating his horse. The same Judge fined another
nan so for beating his wife, which indicates that justice
b somewhat out Of joint in Kansas.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-28
Well, WE'LL

or course you couldn't very well build
a house without walls and sMills, and YOU
couldn't very well keep out the weather
without roofing. But what we started
to say was that Walk, Sill & Ruphcn
are builders in Bardstown, Ky.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-28

Two-bts buys a big package Of tobacco for a soldier
over in France. 5000 miles from home. You, and you, will
YOU subscribe to the tobacco fund.-
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-28

There are 10000 smokers in Oklahoma City, If each
one will contribute Is cents to the tobacco fund for Amer
lean soldiers, then 10000 brave American boys in France
can smoke to their hearts content for a full week.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-28

The daily permission to use water without restraint
brings q lot of JOY to those persons who have become ad-
6icted to the bath habit.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-28
II

We do not know whether or not he
IS a milkman, But we do know that |.
B. Early lives at Logan, w. Va.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-28

Now that the shipping board has been reorgani,ed, the
people will expect to hear the sound Of more hammers on
the huls OF boats. instead OF in committee meetings.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-28
Advice

II you have woe,
And want to end Il;
Just earn your dough
Before you spend Il.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-28
By the Pen.

He makes his living by the pen,
No literary man Ia Boggs; 4.
He makes his living by the pen. y
! know that he In raising hogs.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-28
Oh. low
You Know Him.

Shaver the barber Is doing bushes,
al Belleville, Mo.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-28

A simple soul,
Is jacob Moon;
For carton, he
Just says. "cartoon."-W. NJ. c.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-28

We oversubseribed the Liberty bond issue, the Red
Pses lind and the milk fund. II Is time now to over
! ssibs NE tobacco fund. ,.-4,u--
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-28
Our Joe Miller Contest.

D. J. N, claims that the oldest oke
is the one about the sousc who hailed
a passer by'and said: Say, Mister,
which is the other side .of the street,"
why, over there, Of course" replied
the man, as he pointed to the other side.
That's funny" said the ouse Il was
Just ove there and a man told me it
was over here"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-28
Huh

Il have sent for you because my rela.
tives insist on it," announced the
Christian Scientist. "But | want to tell
you that | do not believe you can do
me a bit OF good because | have no
faith in medical science"
oh, ! wouldn't worry about that"
smiled the Doctor. "A horse ha. no
faith in a veterinary surgeon, yet the
veterinary cures him just the same"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-28
His All.

1T is all up with me, | guess"
sighed old shoemaker Hall;
And here and now ] viii confess
That | have pawned my anvil"
Luke McLMke
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-28

Ills COLUMN
@eyriybt 1917
Strange.

A vicious cuss IL IgnatE Rand.
BY prejudice he's blinded:
know he Ia strong headed, and
Yet ! know mes weak minded.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-28
Seeking q BaIgain.

Say, Mister said the Panhandler.
Would you give a poor fellow a dime
for a bed"
Maybe, cautiously replied Mr.. lite
wad. Lets see the bed
No Joke.
Into zach life
Some rain must fall,
But each man thinks
He gets II oil.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-28

70 Friend wife then this meager dole
He gave; THE time is past
For waste" he said. now on my sole.
You've got to make II last"
Newark AdyOcate
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-28
Names Is Names.

Names Is Names.
Helen Earnest lives at S~arooxie, Mo,
Our Daily Special.
A Sharp Man Is Seldom a Bore.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-19

Herbert A. Hard, secretary of the
North Dakota reclamation commits
sion. left Bismarck today with the gov
crnor's assurance of $4,000 more with
which to carry on the preliminary
work which the commission has under
taken with a view to retaining from
swamplands hundreds of thousands OF
acres of valuable agricultural country
in the Red River valley. The states
continued support means more than a
mere $4,000, for the evidence OF inter
est which the commonwealth has CIV
en- in this project will assure federal
assistance to the extent Of $25,0Ou
pledged by Carl Vrooman, assistant
secretary of agriculture, some time
ago.
For the first time in history federal
aid has been procured for Red River
valley drainage project. This is true,
the commission believes, because for
the first time Uncle Sam has been ap-
preached through reclamation angle.
Always heretofore the threadbare ar
gument that the Raging Red is a nav
1gable stream Of commercial import
unce Warranting an expenditure or
some millions has been used, and petit
lions have gone in through the war
department. This time Engineer Hard
put up the proposition in its true light,
us a reclamation project, and he took
it through the department OF agricui'
lure, the war department gracefully,
aud with evident relief stepping aside,
and the result was immediate recog-
HitiOn.
Three thousand of the additional
funds appropriated by the state for
rtngineer Hard's preliminary work
will pay office expenses, while the
other $4,000 will be used to supple
ncnt the federal funds in payment for
Held work. Whether further aid will
lie forthcoming from the state and ma
ion cannot be said. Secretary Hard
has enlisted commercial clubs, bust
nuGsmen and farmers in his scheme,
and has educated them to point
~ mere they can talk about assess
Aonts Of one dollar an acre as q
means CT fiNaHcng this big project
without getting lockjaw. Mr.. Hard be-
NGvCS ultimately tie COST vi draining
The low lands in southeastern Nortn
q !jakrsa will range around So per
acre for the territory benefited, bu:
p,bG points out tnat illinois years and
Gears ago, under even more Difficult;
4 conditions, invested much more than
50 per acre in its great system OF
drainage bitches, and that no one to-
day, holding land worth SITS to $500
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-19
STATE INVESTS $4,000 MORE
IN PRELIMINARY WORK ON RED
RIVER RECLAMATION PROJECT

the acre, questions the wisdom Of the
investment. He notes further that
the loss in crop alone every year ths
water remains on this land amounts
to several times 50 the acre.
Richland county, in North Dakota
Traverse, Big Stone and Wilkin, in
Minnesota, and Roberts county Ii
South Dakota are in on this project,
and they are showing al aggressive
determination to do something. The
North Dakota project is the largest
of the three, involving, as it does, the
necessity of extending far back into
the highlands of the Sheyenne with q
system Of reservoirs to hold back the
flood waters which every spring de-
scend on the Red river valley with
such rush that they cannot be cared
for by the sluggish stream. Mr. Hard
returns to Harvey today to complete
his work on the Sheyenne, which con
templates the building Of a series OF
dams which will not only furnish
only pleasant artificial lakes, but he
hopes, will develop enough power to
ultimately pay for themselves. Some
what similar work is necessary on the
Wild Rice, the Pembina and the Eols
de Sioux, and before The project has
finally worked itself out, millions OF
dollars will have been spent.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-19
HA[Y|SCHER :AF TER :
BERNARD'S R|.AAIBAA,,
BERRY SAVES SKIN
Mercer County shreivalty Fight
Bubbling Merrily-crowley
New Commissioner

Stanton, n. D., Nov. 19.--Matt Crow
ley, newly appointed commission from
the fifth Mercer county district, has
taken his seat on the county board
succeeding Sheriff-Aprarent Conrath
who resigned his commissionership to-
succeed Sheriff de Factor Haevischer
Haevischer is still sheriff. The Ia
test development in his little private
war with States Attorney Berry is a
falling out over Frank Bernard OF
Bismarck, a private detective in the
employ of The attorney general, who
was used in obtaining evidence
against gamblers and blind-piggers in
Mercer county which resulted in the
attempt to GUST Haevischer.
Haeyischer dug up lot Of evidence
tending 20 prove that Bernard in his
stool-pigeoning had actually handled
some poker chips and that he accom-
panied a HaZen man on drive to
Montana, claimed half of the booze
on its arrival at Hazen, and there,
it is alleged, opened up shop in his
own behalf Haevischer went to the
states attorney with his alleged evil
dence. and Berry declined to sign a
complaint. HaeyiscAer, finding it i'm
possible to Obtain warrants, went to
Bismarck, where he conferred with
the Burleigh county sheriff and the
chief of police. He also visited At.
torney General LANCER, but he re-
turned without Bernard, who is still
enjoying the life of the free and the
fame Of tae brave al the capital
city.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-19
WHY NOT Be A COAL
BARON? SAVE STAMPS
AND TAKE 4 CHANCE
Anyone with Fifteen Cents and a
Shoestring Can Ama:s Fortune
in Ignite Fields
GOOD FUEL. LANDS GO
AT $40 FOR AN ACRE

ParshaII, N. D., Nov. 19.-The
scarcity Of coal and high prices
now prevailing call attention to
the fact that anyone with few
dollars and shoestring may be-
come coal baron on the Bertho!d
reservation. Coal lands may be
purchased from Uncle Sam at $40
per acre, if the tract is more than
IS miles from railway, or $40
within the 15-miIe limit, and any
one may acquire as much as 100
acres. An association Of four
persons may purchase $40 acres
after they have shown good faith
by the expenditure of $500 or
more. There is coal from the grass
roots; not expensive mill or smell
ter is required to prepare it for
the market, and ParshaI!ites, if
they are not so busy making mon
ey otherwise, night be tempted to
become get-coal-quick Walling-
fords.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-19
LUCKY ESCAPE FROM
INJURY IN BAD AUTO
SPILL NEAR MOFFIT

: Braddock, N. D., Nov. 19.-Mr. and
Mrs. William Schmere, Mr. and Mrs.
&. Gercho, and William Beard enjoy
ed rather remarkable escape from
serious injury when their car turned
somersault, dropped ten feet anu
landed flat on IFS back at the 500
crossing near Moffit. The steep in
cline as the car mounted the grades
to the tracks threw the lamps rays
heavenward and left the roadway in
darkness. The driver cleared the
tracks but did not connect with the
grade on the other side. and the car
pitched over the embankment. The
occupants of the rear seat were not
pinned down by the weight of the car,
and they succeeded in extricating the
driver and Cottlieb Fercho, who
were caugh. in the front seat.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-19
100000 BLAZE
WIPES OUT Bic
CRYSTAL BLOCK
First National Bank, Farmers
Store and Opera House De-
stroyed by Fire

Crystal, N. d., Nov 19.-The Ap-
pleton building, one Of Crystals finest
business structures, was completely
destroyed by fire, with loss on build
ing, and contents of $4,000, partly
covered by $4,000 insurance. The
building, erected IS years ago by A.
F. Appleton, was valued at $4,000.
The Farmers store, which occupied one
of the first floor store-rooms, esti-
mates it's loss at $4,000, and the First
National bank, also located on the
first floor, lost $4,000. The loss on
the opera house, occupying the second
story, is estimated at $4,000. The
First National bank has taken up tenn
porary quarters in the office of the
Home Improvement Co., and has an
nounced it's intention of Immediately
rebuilding.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-19
GOOSE THAT LAID
THE GOLDEN EGG IS
BACKED OFF BOARDS

Beach, N. D., Nov. 19.-The goose
that laid the golden egg has taken q
back seat for the Trotters hen that
is laying war prophecies. Bert SHIRLEY,
man of unquestioned veraciiy,
claims the prophetic bildy, and one
of her edible prophescies is on exhibit
bition at Miller & Wieting's store in
Beach. On It's shell is clearly inscrib-
ed WAR Ends 1918," and Nc SHIRLEY
declares solemnly that nothing has
has been added to the egg and moth
ing taken away. There are some
doubling Thomases who insist the
date proba bly, is that upon which the
egg is destined to reach the ultimate
consumer, and that the war will be-
gin about that ..ime.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-19
SIOUX WILL CO
To WASHINGTON
TO D. CLAIM ] CASH
Standing Rock Reservation In
dams Claim Uncle Sam Owes
them $40 Per Capita

Fort Yates, n. D., Nov. ia $40
percapita payment to the Sioux In
dams Of the Standaing Rock reserva'
| ton was demanded at a joint meeting
OF the general tribal council and the
EIaek Hills council held here. The
last, percapita payment, of $40, was
made in 1918. The Indians feel that
enough now has been realized from
this source to enable the governments
to pay another installment and Thorn
as Frosted, Jose Claymore and Benja'
min White have been delegated 70
go to Washington to press the claims
of the Sioux with the great white ia
ther. The delegation will leave in
December and will be accompanied by
Major kiteh. superintendent OF the
Standing Rock agency, who has ass
ed a 30-day leave of absence in order
that he may pilot his redskin wards
on this long Journey.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-19
FL1CKERTA1L QUEST
PRODUCED MARKSMAN
WHO BEAT THEM ALL


sraddock, N. D., Nov. 49,
Braddock is proud Of the fact
that a Braddoek boy, Neon Lesh-
er, Co. A. First North Dakota In
fantry, is Camp Greene's prize
marksman. In the first rifle prac-
tiee young Lesher, who enlisted
at Bismarck, made 127 out Of a
possible $50 hits at 100, 200 and
800 yards. Blazing away at flick
ertailssw with a 22-rifIe for the las.
IS years has made Leshcr what
r. is today, Rraddoek friends say,
a.:,. they predict that boy who
has wised up on picking off the
IivcIy-duckirg little gopher will
find a man-sized Ecche an easy
target.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-19
WH|SkEY MERCHANT
WOULD HAVE DONE
We'll But FOR U. S,
Deputy Marshal Steps in and
Spoils Mighty Fine Bit of
Business for Tom McCrill

Williston, N. D., Nov. 19.-Wher
Tom McCrill of Williston stepped
from Great Northern train here
with two grips full of Mondak, Mont.
booze he was. received with open
arms by United States deputy
marshal. McCrill's store of contra
band was found 10 consist of six gal.
Ions of alcohol and 40 pints of whis,
key. Whiskey is worth $3.50 the
pint anywhere in North Dakota right
now, and 'twould have been a profit
able trip for tMcCrill, who now faces
prosecution on a federal charge.