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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-13

Spring brings all kinds OF weather
and with it come colds and the re.
viyal of winter coughs and hoarseness.
DR.. Bells Pine-Tar-Honey will head off
a new cold or stop the old one. the
soothing balsams relieve the sore
throat and heal the irritated tissues.
Get bottle today and start treatment
at once. At your druggist, 25c. For.
mula o. the bottle.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-13
NEWS B NOTES
Of Lodges 2gl61aate ] NIMI1a M61aaternities

Fourteen members were added to
Ardmore council No. 1857 Ladies and
knights Of Security, at the last meet
ing. The initiation was followed by a
dance. A class OF twenty is to be
added at the next meeting.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-13
You Need a Sprino Laxative.

DR.. Kings New Life Pills will re.
move the accumulated wastes of win.
ter from your intestines, the burden of
the blood. Get that sluggish spring
fever feeling out of your system,
brighten your eye, clear your complex.
Ion. Get that vim and snap of good
purified healthy blood. DR. Kings New
Life Pills are a non.griping laxative
that aids natures process, try them
tonight. At all druggists, 25c.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-13

Mrs. Ed Sandlin of Ardmore. was
reelected grand protector at the
meeting OF the grand temple of the
Pythian Sisters held at Enid this week
which opened Monday and closed Wed.
nesday. Mrs. w. X. Roberts. past
grand manager, and Miss Clara Hoff,
man, representative of the Ardmore
Myrtle lodge No. 20, Pythian Sisters.
also attended the convention. The
next meeting will be at Muskogee.
Mrs. NJ. f. Bunting supreme officer.
and Miss Lena Morgan and Miss Eva
b. Evans, both supreme representa-.
tiyes, were among the prominent Off.
cials who attended the meeting. The
work of the lodges given at the con.
yention was described as unusually
good.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-13

Miss Clara Hoffman. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Hoffman, and Mr..
James Lem, both of this city. were
married Wednesday evening in the
Pythian Temple at Enid. the Rev. Mr.
Lees, of the Episcopal Church of Enid
officiating. Miss Hoffman was a rep.
resentative to the Grand Lodge of
Pythian Sisters which convened in
Enid this week. The marriage had
oeen planned tor much later date
and came as surprise TO their friends
here.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-13

planning to attend the national en-.
campment OF uniform rank, w. o. W.
TO be held at Mobile, Ala, in July and
August. The team, composed of TWEEN.
ty-one men, is preparing to go into
active service of the country in case
II is called. The Ardmore hospital
corps w. o. w. was assigned for the
district covering Oklahoma and Ar.
kansas. The members of the com
pany have received instructions and
training from DR.. j. L. Cox, assisted
by c. Boone Taliaferro in first aid
work, including the subjects of physi.
ology and hygiene. The company is
provided with litters of regulation
size The work OF splintering frac.
tured bones and rendering quick and
efficient service is part of the train.
ing received by the members of the
Ardmore company The names of the
members who will attend the national
encampment are: r. f. Frederick.
first sergeant; f. r. Thomas. quarter.
master sergeant; Dr. J. l.. Cox, major;
A. d. Hays, captain S. w. Webb. G..
{. Wells, II H. Lloyd, X. S. Lindsay.
NJ. 5. WoIyerton and }. b. Britton. all
corporals; NJ d. Coson, c. Grim. O.
NJ Heartsell, o. /. Hamon, E. c. Mey.
ers, A. G. Morris, Charles Mcclure
A. W. Merritt, c. A. Temple, }. b.
Wheeler and c. Boone Taliafero,
quartermaster and hospital steward.
Three were initiated into the Ardmore
camp and a class Of ten taken into
the order this week. Another class
will be taken in next Friday. A. c..
Morris Won the medal in the drill ex.
ercises.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-13
Get RId Of Your pbcTno'

Get Rid Of Your Rheumatism.
Now is the time to get rid of your
rheumatism. You will find Chamber.
lain's Liniment a great help. The re.
lief which it affords is alone worth
many times its cost.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-13

The Ardmore hospital corps W. o.
w. which is doing work twice each
week in L. S. litter drills under the
instruction OF Captain a. b. Hays. is
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-23
GIRL OF IL YEARS
is SIX FEET TALL
AND STILL GROWS
Johns Hopkins Hospital Scien-
fists Expect Child Become
a Giantess.

BALTIMORE, Feb. ga girl who
has been growing for the last three
years at a phenomenal rare and is
now more than six feet tall. although
she Is only 12 years old, is interesting
the physicians of Johns Hopkins hos.
pital, who expect to see her become
a giantess without loss of normal
mental powers.
For the last three years the girls
growth has been phenomenal. sur
passing all records at the hospital and
cases known TO the scientists there
who are studying giantism. Until
she was years old, she was simply
a large girl. She now weighs III 1-e
pounds and is above the average in
intellect
DR. william Thayer and DIR. Lie
well Baker, professors of clinical
medicine. have made a study of the
case. The girls mother is Stout and
her father is larger than most men
but is not a giant.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-23
NOTED SUFFRAGIST
RESIGNS UNION IN
PICKETING PROTEST
Harriet Stanton BIatch Disfav
ors Continuance of Silent
SentineIs,

WASHINGTON. Feb. 22.-In a
protest against the continued picket
ing OF the White House by suffragists
during the present international crisis
Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch, noted
suffrage worker, today resigned from
the congressional union. She has ta-
ken up the work OF making bandages
for use in case OF war
Alice Paul, chairman of the con-
gFessional union, vigorously defended
the continuance of the work of the 81
lent sentinels.
when the civil war began Susan
Il. Anthony was told the same things
We are being told today said Miss
paul. ''If she'd only drop her suf-
frage work and become an abolition
list. women would be given the vote
as a reward as soon as the war was
over. She did drop her work and as
result all legislation in which wom-
en- were interested was promptly
dropped"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-23
QUICK RELIEF FROM
CONSTIPATION
Get DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets

That is the joyful cry of thousands
since DIR. Edwards produced Olive Tab
lets, the substitute for caiomel
DR.. Edwards. a practicing physician
for II years and calomers old-time en-
emy, discovered the formula for Olive
Tablets while treating patients for
chronic constipation and torpid livers
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets do not
contain calomel, but healing, sooth-
ing vegetable laxative.
No gripping IS the keynote" OF these
little sugar-eoated. olive-colored tablets
They cause the bowels and liver to act
normally. They never force them to
unnatural action.
II you have a dark brown mouth"
now and then-a bad breath-a dull
tired feeling - sick headache - torpid
liver and are constipated. you'll find
quick sure and only pleasant results
from one or two little DIR. Edwards
Olive Tablets at bedtime.
Thousands take one or two every
night just to keep wight. Try them.
10c and 25c per box. All druggists.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-23

School was closed here THURSDAY
afternoon In order that the pupils oi
the upper grades might attend the
poultry pictures shown In FreewateI
by the oregon Agricultural college. G.
r. S-monds, breeder OF pure bred
| Hampshire hogs Of the IL ranch
south west OF Umapine. also made A
talk on the raising of pure bred
stock in the Boys' and Girls Indus
trial clubs.
Each year at the Umapine fair Mr..
Simonds has offered pure bred Hamp-
shire pigs as special prizes to the boys
and girls as an incentive for raising
pure bred stock.
| A. A. Whitley and family move the
; first of March to ranch a mile from
Lowden. Wash, The ranch raises al
falfa and Mr.. Whitley exects to raise
big tomato crop this year. Umapine
will lose ones of its best families and
their going is regretted by all.
Howard Evans. of F'reewater, ex-
poets to move to this place immedi-
ately and will give his 20 acre apple
orchard his personal care this sum-
mer. Mrs. Evans and children will
not move down until after school IL
out at Freewater.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Kirk Mr.. and
j. Z, Jones, Mr. and Mrs. c e sim
onds, Mr.. and Mrs. John Irons, were
Sunday visitors at the r. E. Bean
ranch.
George Grimes has the acreage
portion of the Guy Young ranch rent
ed for the summer.
Mrs. Jack Clarke of Walla Walia,
and her baby son visited with Mr..
and Mrs. Charlie wellman over sun
day.
Jim johnson, the well known Hud-
son Bay rancher. has a fine new au-
tomObile bought this week
]. H. Marshall has leased the go
acre ranch consisting mostly of alfaI-
ia. from Mrs. w. Petri for the next
year. The ranch is two miles east Of |
Umapine.
Arthur Winans was severely bruised |
and shaken up last week when a |
team he was driving ran away, |
throwing him from the wagon. He
was working on the Dana Saunders |
ranch.
Mrs Guy young is visiting at pres |
colt this week where her husband is |
of the lyceum held at /
that place this week. Mrs Young f.
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Judge KEEL
ley.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-23
.UMAP|NE SOCIAL
WELL PATRONIzED
BASEBALL TEAM is RICHER BS
$S2; FINE PROGRAM Is
GIVEN.


| UMAPINE, Feb. 23.-The baske.
social given Friday evening for the
benefit of the school baseball team
was patronized by a crowded house
and the boys We're the posesssors OF
| over sS2 at the close of the evening.
The money will lbe used for buying
| baseball supplies for the Vincent
school ball team. Baskets were in
big demand and sold from so cents
up to SIS 90. The following program
was given previous to the selling OF
the baskets
Music ... Umapfne Orchestra
THE Courtin'" Opal Peffley
German Melody. Frances Schubert
Knee Deep in June sylvia Ferguson
Spanish Dance ....--..SybiI Mcknight
Music-"In Camp -. Ada HeIberg
Il Love You Truly Thelma Phillips
IAN Old Sweetheart of Mine" III.
...r .r............. Irene Wilson
SolO-"One Fleetiug Hour ...
.................. Clifford Ward
Solo-'A Poor Married Man 49,.
..--......-... James Kirk
Music .-.....-.- Cmapine Orchestra
W. Fl. witherite purchased a new
Overland automobile last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Judge Kelly motored
down from Prescott on Sunday and
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w. W.
Philippi.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Upcraft have
secured positions on the Judge Kelly
wheat ranch near Prescott for the
summer.
Roy Kirk is home from school this
week with the chicken pox.
Mrs. Bert winans is visiting on the
b. F. WInans ranch east of Umapins
She Is accompanied by her two chill
dren who upon their arrival here
broke out with measles. The dance at
called for Saturday night was
on this account.
The practice for the play The
District School" which was called for
Friday night has been postponed on
account of the convention of the l.
o. o. f. lodge at FTeewater Friday
night.
The play is to be given by the gran
gers of this place in the near future.
Rev w. H. Blakney of Whitman I
.walla Walla, occupied the I
pulpit OF the Presbyterian church I
here Sunday.
Miss Edith Harper and Miss Flor /
ance Philippi returned home Monday 4
morning from La Grande where they I
we're delegates to the convention Of .
held Friday and Satur-
lay at that place.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-23
You Need Not Suffer From GataT1il

You have probably been in the habit
of using external treatments to relieve
your catarrh. You have applied sprays,
washes and lotions to the mucous sur
faces of the nose and throat, have
been temporarily relieved, and then
wondered a short time after, why you
were troubled with another attack of
catarrh.
You should realize that catarrh is
an infection of the blood. This fact
has been agreed upon by specialists
in catarrh troubles, and has been
proven In the laboratories of the Swift
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-23
AMERICAN GuNBoAT Is SAFE
No Truth to RumOr of Sinking oi
scorpion.

AMSTERDAM. Holland. Feb. ga
A ConstantinopIe telegram says there
is no truth in the report that the
American gunboat Scorpion, stationed
at Constantlnople, has been seized or
sunk.
For several days reports that the
Scorpion had been sunk have been I'm
circulation. Apparently they origi-
mated in Rome. where they We're ac-
cepted as authentic by the press: 1t
waes said at Washington yesterday
that the report was diseredited there.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-23

Specific Co. S. s. s.. which was dis
covered over fifty years ago, will
cleanse your blood of the catarrhal
poisons and will thereby relieve you
sores in your nostrils, splitting, hawk
ing and bad breath.
All druggists carry s. s. s., and
the physicians Of our Medical Depart
ment will cheerfully answer any let
ters which you may write them in
Co. 305 Swift Building, Atlanta Ga.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-23
MANUFACTURING A
BRUTALIZIaD POPULATION

."Child labor is ain irreparabIe in
jury to the children and society at
large. Bodies and minds are stunted
and deformed: crime, violence and all
of the social evils which spring from
a brutalized population are fostered."
Prof T. s. Adams.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-23
VICE COMMISSION BEING
NAMED AT SAN ERAN(

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 22.-wil-
liam sproule. president Of the South
ern Pacific company; Paul Scharren-
berg. secretary OF the state federation
of labor; John S. Drum, president of
the Union Bank & Trust company;
John A. McGregor, president of the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-23

Union Iron Works and Leon Stoss.
president of the orthern Electric
Railway company were among 13 per-
sons named today by Mayor James
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-23

Rolph. Jr.. to fill vacancies on a vice
commission of rs members The COM
mission will investigate alleged i'm
moral conditions in san Francisco.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-24
Ripping Rhymes
WAKING UP
sy WALT MASON

see my neighbors buying flags. AID
waving them on every hand; they stand
around and make their brags about Co
1umbia, happy land. 1--WE don't want
war" hear them say, I'VE do not lust
for wound and scar, but II a foe should
come our way, there Is no sacrifice we'll
bar. Breathes there man with soul
80 dead he wuld not for his country
scrap? " such there be- we'll punch
his head, and from his system knock
the SAP" Bill Kickshaw sprung
musty gag, the other day. down by the
Jail, rejecting on our starry flag, which
makes all other flags look pale At
other times his idle speech would not
have stirred us up to ire: but now we
rose with wrathful screech. and mauled
him like house afire. We've all grown
soft in times of peace, the worth while
things we have disdained; we've lolled
and basked and put on grease, and cash
is all for which we've strained. so.
when our country strikes a snag It's
good to see, turnout the town, our
|neighbors bless the dear old flag. and
mob the man who'd pull 1t down. the
nation LIS not gone to seed; still throbs
1.-THE soul OF Bunker Hill. to battle AZ
the c6untry's need-it always has. Y
always vii. n '.ii
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-24
"ROYSn OE 1851.

Editor Times Republican: quote
from an article in the Chicago Tribune
OF Saturday. which, under the head.
Qualifications For Army and Navy
reads: In ordinary times the age
limits are IS and 40. Boys under is
are physically mentally. cmotionaliy,
and morally too immature for good
soldiers"
FROM THO NieWpu!nt / took 0cCas
ION to look INFO report OF the pension
department which. nave on file. Is
sued a few years ago. giving the age
Of enlistment of the boys Of 81" not
but what l can readily agree with
Tribune, but 10 SHOW q startling facI
which is not known TO many or th..
union army 2,ij9,T9S were not u years
old. Fifty per cent were under the age
Of is years. out OF a total enlistment.
of 2,11S.30i. There were l04,9s7 under
10 years OF age; there were 1851
under Is, S4t.S9l under n, and l,15l,-
43S under Is. Another fact stands out
very clearly as we meet the veterans
OF our great civil war on our streets
every day. and that is that these men
were the boys of ST." / note also
that there were only 1926 who were
over % years oS aga when they en-
listed Time slips by so rapidly that
when We hear these grizzled veterans
laughing at the boys. and jokingly re-
marking on their youth, they do not
realize that they themselves were OF
the mightiest army of boys"
w. S. Devine.
MarshalItown, April 20, 1917.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-24
FREE All.

Free air is something which 10 put
into the tires Of an automobile before
it leaves the factory. after which the
owner furnishes his own air and pro-
family.
The ordinary pneumatic tire Is SO
constructed that II will not stand up
unless 1t Is crowded full OF air. The
modern touring car would be con :
slant delight il 1t could be made to
operate on stills or had four sturdy
legs. like mans friend and prototype,
the mule. So long az automobiles are
held up by air and the aid OF proVi-
dence. however. the driver will be con-
fronted with the specter of the kissing
puncture and the ear-splitting blow
out.
All automobiles come equipped with
free air, which Is the only accessory
which does not cost anything ana
which is not subject to So per cent
depreciation the first year. Some
times the air which Is put In at the
factory shows great powers OF resist
ance. A great many men have pointed
with pride to set of tires containing
air which came from the factory. and
the very next time they took the road
they ran into a series Of punctures
that sounded like an artillery action
off Sandy Hook Just because tire
has run 5000 miles on one filling Is no
reason why it will not collapse sud
denly on hot day and wiring
bucketful OF persplration from the
owner
Free air can be obtained at any mrs.
class garage If the owner OF the car is
willing to insert 1t himself Four sag
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-24
az aax a amy Bunny was hopping

One day as Billy Bunny was hopping
along he came to field where lot
of Dummies were playing baseball. They
used a little green apple for ball and
a long carrot for bat. and every time
the batter hit the apple he'd bite u
piece off the carrot. Wasn't tnat
funny? / never saw a baseball player
do that, did you?
Well, Just as Billy Bunny came 10
the field the rabbit who was at the pal
hit a long fly way out beyond the held
ers. and what do you think Billy Bunny
did? why, he hoped right under that
green apple ball just as it was coming
down and caught 1t as nicely as you
please. And then he threw 1t to the
catcher, who tagged a little rabbit just
as he was going 70 touch the home
plate for q rim.
And didn't everybody clap paws and
thump on the ground? Well. guess
they did. Professor Crow and the Jay
Bird, who were sitting on the OLD
Snake fence, crowed and jayed, Il
that's the way to explain the sounds
thew made, and old Uncle ~BuNfrog
went dunk, dunk, dunkity dunk.
I'm sure all the Little People OF the
Friendly Forest and the Pleasant Mea-
dow must have been watching that ex-
citing game OF BAH. There was sauir-
rel Nntcraclser with his family and
Jimmy Chipmunk, too. Bobby Beaver
and Dickey Meadowmou5e sat to-
gethkr and screamed "Ra. ra a rsa y,
every time bunny hit the ball. Y
|, mean, ths sress. apple y ysn lI ose
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-24
GETTING ALONG

Is il hard times? 1t the high cost
Of living unbearable? Or have we
changed our modes Of living to a de-
gree that makes the manner in which
our fathers lived unbear2ble TO US?
Now in a previous wartime and sue
ceeding previous war fifty odd years
ago. as may De noted on the hurried
synopsis Of market report printed
and circulated ffty-six years age hog
products were high, -four Appropriated
present prices, wheat sold a. over 3
busheL There are plenty Of people
VINO remember eight pounds ~ sugar
for q dollar and tea at q dollar Z pound
Wages were by comparison yery .ow-
The commonest laborer draws az much
per hour as most excellent mechanics
did then. The skilled worker Cf this
day in the building trades gets double
the wage OF his contemporary Of the
sixties. He buys everything Il" nJst
buy as cheaply or cheaper.
There were no canned goods IN hose
times Of n. C. OF !. back IN tne sixties
But there were gardens on every back
lot, a pig or two. bunch Of hens and
memory OF the common homes u that
period know now much Of the family
! living came from the garden, the cor
| pasture ana the men house instead IT
| in cans and handy packages Of course
there were no telephones. Mother
| couldn't have called up the grocery
store and ordered from hand 10 mouth
| If she had conceived an idea so rev
| dictionary. Father didn't run down
to the club Of an evening. He looked
around to see II the pigs had been
fed, did little work in the garden and
laid out stunt 10 be done after school
and before the evening baseball Drac-
tee. The stuff went into the cellar in
the fall instead OF coming N thru The
kitchen door three times a day in little
PACKAGES. Potatoes, apples, pork In
barrels and fried down in lard, ETC.,
etc, the cellar was ready for winter
Perhaps we had a potato pit in the
patch. The long mound that ran
lengthwise Of the garden ma rked the
burial place Of cabbages that should
come out fresh and welcome in the
spring. There was tub Of butter OF
in jars, eggs packed in oats or bran,
in the cellar under the house or in the
cave or root cellar back OF the kitchen.
Father kept horse. He had to-
The horse took him 10 his work and
drew the double shovel pillow where
with the potatoes and corn were Guilt
waited. Almost forgot the big bag OF
dried sweet corn that hung in the at
tic. Ever eat dried sweet corn stewed
of a cold winter day after school? The
rich man OF the community had fine
driving team and a double carriage
1t Was the mark Of wealth and it,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-24
Billy Bunny and His Friends

Mother Maybe perched herself on AZ
tree nearby and watched the game. All
tho she didn't know a thing about y,
so Won see It must have been very
fine game.
Hip, Murray! Watch the play,
STEADY, there, my Bunny!
Hit the ball! Rum don't crawl
Make q run, my Honey!
Well. after a while just as the game
was az its most exciting point and
Billy Bunny was hopping around the
bases for home run, who sfrould come
up but the Miller's boy. Goodness me!
wasn't everybody frightened! The
umpire was SO scared he said three
strikes and out before the batter even
struck Mt the ball. and then the catch
err threw the little green apple over,to
the grandstandy-I mean the OLD
Snake Fence, for there wasn't my
grandstar,d you see-and hit Unole
RullfroR on his fat yellow wAi1tooAt
and broke his gold watch.
This made the Millers Boy laugh 90
hard that the tears ran down his fAco5
and he couldn't see thing, and whom
he did dry his eyes with his pocket
handkerchief. all the little people had
scurried away and hidden themselves
No, sir! There wasn't a thing to be
seen except the little green apple and
the carrot bat. So the MillcrSs Boy
went back to the Old Mill and told his
father all about the game Just - Eve
told it to you, which nude him 'aAts
so long that hn didn't have time n To-
grind the corn 80 could have musk
Tor my breakfast sSS I|Es5s