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vessel there will be some experienced men to direct the efforts of the other workmen. At present there are forty eight shipyards. engaged in the build ing of 161 wooden vessels and none of these craft Is of less than $50 gross tons, while the majority of them are 1900 tons and upward. Since the first of the year other plants for build ing. this type of ships have started up with new companies organizing and every one of these will be needed in the Governments program to get foodstuffs across the ocean to our Allies.
 MT. Denman, the Chairman of the Shipping Board, said recently that the Organization hopes that the native yards will be able to complete 100000 tons of the new wooden fleet and con- tinues to turn out at least as much every month thereafter until the total of one thousand wooden freighters are on the sea ready to answer the cry of the Allies through Lloyd George for "ships and yet more ships" Fully fO0, 1000 men will be needed to bring this much desired situation about.
 Single Design.
 The only way to make the fleet pos sible in so short a time Is by the adop- ton of single design (shown in the photographic dEawing) and by the standardizing of every operation. This is practical, but its success will hinge upon complete coalition of everybody taking part in the work. and it is hoped that this can be speedily brought about on account of the ser iousness of the undertaking. While the hulls are under construction in the shipyards. the propelling engines fo1 these wooden vessels can be turned out
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-03
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spection the head proved to be that Of an English sparrow. The house, if you will believe me, had been pre- emptied by a family of those ruth less robbers.
 'I was disgusted but what could I do? Even as I wondered bird flew onto the roof of the wren's house. He sat there meditatively for awhile un- til called from within when he en- tered to see his wife. The bird was an English sparrow. By dint of con- sistent observation I discovered that all of my bird houses were in the possession of those feathered Villas.
 Then felt that must trust to my bath eto bring the other birds, but a few days later saw a bluebird perch
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How the Wooden Ship Which Served Our An cestors for Centuries Is Coming Into Its Own Again In Helping To Feed Our Allies De-
 spite the U-Boat. Blockade.
Copyrtght .1e17 by The International Syndicate

International Syndicate.
 out delay" he said, while a wooden craft somehow or other manages to reach port in the course of time. My goods are out of date and stale and I lose money by having to sell at a reduced ratc.'' This statement will, no doubt, be verified during the next year, but in the present case the fact that the ship will finally land her cargo will find favor with the shipper for owing to the scarcity of foodstufss no matter when the ship reaches port the cargo will be saleable.
 Already plans have been formulated for the building of one thousand wooden ships of 5000 tons cargo. Each of these boats will have sufficient en- zine power to drive it along at nor nal ten knot clip and be equipped with an extra engine which can be called into service to raise the speed to sixteen knots when menaced by sU- boats. These engines will. be of the Deisel or semi-Deisel type. Each o1 these ships will cost in the neighbor- hood of SS00,o00, and will be about half the cost of a steel vessel with the same carrying capacity. The work ot this new neeL Will De unoer the dlrec- tion of the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Cooperation which has recently been incorporated in the District of Co1umbia and the sum of $50,000.000, appropriated by Congress some months ago is to be largely devoted to the construction during the next year and a half o1 this great fleet of wooden commerce carriers.
 Shipping Board.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-03

to be much more than this. Undoubt- edly cases of smallpox are spread by
 this insect in cheap lodging houses. perhaps more frequently than by any other means. And were it not for the frequent vaccinations ordered by health authorities epidemics of this disease would probably not be rare. Consumption germs have been found in bedbug blood: also the germs of other diseases. This insect<may live for weeks with out food. During the winter it will
 become comatose and will weather the winter like any other hibernating crea-
 ture. It will continue it's existence. will demonstrate it's will-to-live.
 against the hardest kind of luck. from
 season to season. in lumber camps, summer houses, empty apartments and the like. Pleas Spread .Bubonic Plague. | The chief iniquity of the flea lies in
 it's transmission of the germ of the bubonic plague. The roach has also been proved an infection conveyer.
 We must mention also Rocky Noun tain fever. which has for several years occurred during the spring months in Montana and the neighboring States
 
 | from cattle to man by the tick which
 insect is the responsible agent also for Texas or cattle fever.
 I have tried to present here the es- sential facts about the insect trans- mission of disease. My article would, however. appear to be like the play of Hamlet with Hamlet left out; for I have written nothing. about how to
 deal with such insect infection spread CTS. Space has not permitted this; nor Is it necessary. For every citi-
 zen's health department, town. city, or State. will on application. supply full
 printed directions. Or such directions will be sent, without charge. by the United States Public Health Service
 of Washington. D. C.. or of the United
 States Bureau of Agriculture. War- ington. R. O .A
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-03

person stung. If this latter unfor- tunate has not yet had malaria he thus contracts the disease unless his natural anti-germ forces are able to destroy the parasite before it can do any mischief in his body.
 Naturally then, the prevention of malaria depends on the destruction of all breeding places within the radius of a mile. The way to do this is to drain or fill in with earth. or to cover the surface of any water with a thin film of kerosene. Houses must be screened. Anopheles bites only after sundown; and only the Lady An opheles does the mischief. Here, as elsewhere in the cosmos, is the female of the species more dreadful than the male.
 Spreads Typhus. ;.
 The insect which in highbrow liter ature is termed Pediculus vestin,e1s- forum, but which in plain language is the louse. is responsible for the spread of several grave diseases. Some lice which had been biting typhoid pa tients were first immersed in a solu- tion of mercury bichloride; then they were put in sterile water. Next they were ground in a sterile mortar and the resultant material was inoculated into animals and were developed on culture media. By this means typhoid |, germs were demonstrated in those lice. We have all read how dreadful an executioner was the typhus fever in the earlier months of this present war. in Serbia and in the Balkans gen. erally; it is the louse which is the chief disseminator of the typhus germ. This insect has also been proved to transmit relapsing fever; a disease generally associated with poverty strikep, half-starved and overcrowded communities, where lice are apt to be in evidence.
 The Bedbug.
 The bedbug has from time immem- orial been obnoxious enough by just being bedbug. But he is now proven
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 Anopheles breeds in still water, in moist sand or moss. i2 pools by the sides of open streams, in permanent accumulations of water of every sort irrigation ditches, stagnant water where there is green scum, in beds of old canals, in old horse troughs and the like. When the blood of a ma laria sufferer is sucked into the stom- ach by anopheles the malaria parasite in that blood undergoes development; and the products of this process enter the mosquitoes sa1ivary glands and are elected into the system of the next
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-03

upon the side of the bowl with intent to lave his bright wings, and as I held my breath with joy an English spar row flew down and drove him away with beak and wing.
 And did that English sparrow bathe? Not at all.
 ''He was of anarchistic tendencies evidently. for he gave himself the most casual of dry cleanings. and then flew away again without even a look of gratitude at me. But what exas- perates me is that I should have pro- vided houses for creatures that I have been trying to rid myself of for To these many seasons. For cool, na- tive impudence, commend me to the English sparrow!"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-03

Copyrghl, 'lVlt. Dy 1ne .~HE U-boat is responsible for the
 revival of interest in wooden
 ships and within a short time - we will have sailing on the sea a larger fleet of this kind of craft than we possessed before the days of the iron steamer. It Is the ,concensu5 or opinion. that the wooden vessel will give the submarine more trouble than the present ships, and some go so far as to predict that through the use or them will be solved the difficulties which might result from the continued destructiyeness of the U-boat, This, of course. is problematical, but if sue cessfuE4 another query will arise' whether they are only temporary or have come to stay as carriers or in- ternational commerce.
 The food situation in the Allied countries at present demands imme- diate relief, for without an ample good supply the war might be lost and in the quick relief of the serious situa- ton the.wooden ship has n:any merits. ,, Some of It's Merits. :
 First, 1t can be built in a much shorter. time than the iron vessel. it is cheaper and requires just as an ex- pensive torpedo to sink as Is required to blow up a steel covered ship. For centuries the wooden ship served all nations in war and peace, both as battleshfps and commerce carriers. In many instances wooden ships have sur vived accidents where steel vessels have floundered. One British shipping man declared that he favored steel ships instead of wooden ones for this very reason, ''When. g. steel ship strikes a. rock she goes to the bottom promptly and I get my insurance with
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-03
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n BEYING the mandates of all
 authorities I filled my garden
 last fall with bird boxes and O bird houses,' said the quiet woman. 'I put also large bird bath in the center of 1t. Then I set tied down to wait for spring and to enjoy my bird neighbors. Early in the spring I observed that my bird houses were tenanted. There were great goings on within them. subdued chirpings and much activity. and I got out my opera glasses and prepared to enjoy myself. The tenants came forth after a period. A head appeared from the bluebird's door and 1t is not too much to say that my heart pal pitated fearfllly. But alas. upon in-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-03

DEERE is a photograph shown
 at Health Exhibitions which
 many people at first sight take hud fer a nint,tra of fha 6r11sts on
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-03
Insects, Many of Them Small and Unimportant, Are the Chief Factors In Spreading Disease Ways In Which the Germs Are Conveyed The
 Common Fly the Chief Offender.

~HERE- is a photograph shown at Health Exhibitions which many people at first sight take
 - for a picture of the crusts on the surface of the moon. or of the canals on the planet Mars. What it really shows is Q circular plate con- taining a. gelatine culture of the COZ sumption germ-the tubercle bacillus. This plate to begin with was perfect blank.-a tGbnlG U1s0. as the ancient Romans used to call their tablet be- fore writing son it. But there soon developed on this gelatin plate let ters about as ominous as those which tho Prophet Daniel pointed out to Belshazar at his royal feast Here is the way of it:
 The laboratory doctor had put on that plate a. fly that had got his feet stuck in the spittle of a consumptive; and he had then covered the whole with glass jar so that the fly could not get away. This insect. thus heavy footed, then promenaded all over the plate. Twenty-four hours later col onies of the consumption germ, made up of uncountable millions of those tubercle bacilli, developed on its tracks.
 You may think I -exaggerate when compare this fact of the gelatine plate with the Prophet Daniel and the writing on the wall. We'll. be that as it may, I ask you only to reflect how consumption has up to this time been carrying off every third or fourth of us between adolescence and maturity; that if all the wars of the nineteenth century Cincluding those of Napoleon), IA millions succumbed, whilst 30 mill nons succumbed to consumption, the Captain of the Men of Death; that ths>advanced consumptive day by day coughs and splits out several thousand aniflions of the tubercle bacilli: that
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-01-13
Keeps Our Bodies Warm.

Pure, rich red blood is a necessity
ia the production Of animal heat. 1t
keeps our bodies warm We all
know very we'll that when the arter-
les that carry it to a limb are bound
or tied. the temperature OF the limD
is Immediately lowered.
There is suggestion in this that,
at this time of year especially. we
should take Hoods Sarsaparilla, il
our blood is impure impoverished OF
pale Hoods Sarsaparlla makes the
blood good in quality and quantity
II has an unequaled record for rad
ically and permanently removing
blood diseases. scrofula, rheumatism
aud catarrh. and giving strength and
tone to the whole system It IS a
scientific combination Of roots barks
herbs ana other medicinal substances
that have long been used by success
ful physicians Get It today
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-01-13
Mrs clothier Hostess

After an unusually long holiday
rest. the Domestic Science Club co. -
yened yesterday with an enthusiastic
gathering Of forty five club members
in attendance The meeting was in
the home Of Mrs c c Clothier at lo1
North First Street and her assisting
h1stesses We're Mrs J b Fairfield. Mrs
. Wolyerton. Mrs pham and Mrs II
) Goodpasture Mrs f Douglass
led the program. the numbers of
Which were first the roll call re
spondod to with current events Mrs
IN NJ Carter had the principal paper
Of the day. on What We Owe 70
Our Neighbors." and to many it was
a revelation for Mrs Carter pointed
out the value Of the friendship Of our
neighbors their kindnosses that wo
so often take for granted and the
pleasure Oh friendly intercourse with
them Mrs R G Bdrnsdale discussed
The subject What We Owe our
Clerks" pointing out the fact that
the shopper has it in her power TO
make their work easy and pleasant
Without any particular effort on her
r.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-01-13
For ViIitors Next Week


The annual round of affairs for the
wives OF the visiting Masons al the
mid winter reunion. includes some
interesting events for next week
Tuesday afternoon from two until
three o'clock there will be rcccp-
tion at the lone Hotel. and following
the reception the University OF Okla
homa concert company will give a
musical Wednesday afternoon Mrs
Donnelly y-Reid with twelve or morr
Of her talented dancers will present
Fads and Fancies" in the Guthrie
Theatre. THURSDAY afternoon there
will be an artists recital by Miss vi
ola Palmer pianist and Miss Edna
Daulton reader with Mrs Lewis p
Bronson soprano assisting
The merchants, as is theii annual
custom win be hosts during the
morning hours A style show at lhe
f o Iutz store is scheduled for we'd
nesday morning and on Thursday
morning the Rucker Burton Co. will
entertain the ladies Tho consistory
is brought to close by Che ban at
the Temple which, although inform
al. is always a very delighif,d occas-
ion
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-01-13
Dinner Club Meets

Mr. and Mr. W II Boasen of
East Logan Avenue entertained the
members of the Friends Dinner Club
Friday evening There were NO
special guests. At seven o'clock Mrs
Boaser served a delicious two course
dinner to her guests and thu remand
er of the evening was spent with
auction top scores being made by
Mrs John Adams and Dir Charles B
Barker In two weeks Mr. and Mrs
Waltor Chcsnut will be hosts TO he
club.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-01-13

Security Knights and Ladies.

Security Knights and Ladies,
On Thursday evening, Jan II. May
Council No 1877, knighs and Ladies'
OF Security met in regular session at
the home of Bro and Sister Halsey G
Davis. 2l0 East Oklahoma avenue.
The regular work was attended to and
also the initiation Of Sister Halsey c
Davis Bro knight l. II Johnson, dis
trct manager was present and gave q
/ talk for the good Of the ol der After
the meeting was dismissed the NOM
bers were served with a luncheon by
Brother and Sister Davis. assisted by
Miss Ella Davis. Afer the luncheon
the members enjoyed a solo by Bro
Hasey c Davis. when You Sang the
Psalms to Me which called for an
encore. May Council No. 1877 is alive
and will continue to work faithfully.
Although not large council we feel
that we can obtain great deal Of
good j
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-01-13
Six O'clock Dinner.

Mrs Roy FLOYD returned 10 har
home in Cushing this morning after
spending a week with her mother.
Mrs Mary e Mari and her brother
John Mari and family Mrs Floyd
Ind her mother spent several days in
the country with her sister Mrs Alex
Colbert Nj and Mrs John Mari gave
4 six O'Clock dinner for Mrs Floyd
last evening when, after a delicious
four course repast, the evening was
spent with vocal and instrumental
music.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-01-13
Brandy Waters

One-third cupful butter one cupful
molasses, three -tourths cupful sug-
ar, one cup flour, one teaspoon OF
ground ginger Melt the butter and
add the molasses slightly warmed
then the sugar. flour and ginger slit
ed together Mix well and drop by
spooniuls some distance apart ON we'll
creased tips Bake in moderate
oven about TO minutes Remove the
pans before they become too cool
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-01-13
WAISTS FOR SPRING

The waists for spring are unusual
ly snappy in style and show a wider
range Of colors than formerly says
the Dry Goods Economist. This Is
especially true of blousss to be worn
with sport suits or with stylish sep
agatc skirt Of the better kind
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-01-13

The Patrons club is to meet at the
Guthrie lIsh School Monday after
noon at three o'clock At that hour
the business affairs of the club will
he disposed Of and at four the Lady
Lifts" the senior girls literary socic-
II will repeat the sketch THE 80
dark Patrons club which they put
on at the high school Just before
Christmas general invitation IS
extended four o'clock, Monday after
noon at G II S.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-01-13

Prominent temperance Advocate
Rev DR. Fulkner one Of the leading
speakers in the Missionary campaign
will preach at the West Side NJ y
church. Sunday a m. He will speak
to the missionary societies 3 p nj.
All are invited to be present-D w
Brashears, pastor.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-01-13
NOt II FIGl RE

One hears great deal about the
perfect 36' and it really isn't 36 at
all Here are the alleged measure
ments
Neck l3 II inches; bust 3 inches;
waist 4G inches hips 90 inches. The
line down the back from the base OF
the collar to the waslline sould be j
l2 inches These figures are for the
average but the measurements of
course can vary.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-01-13

G II Fndly, Wednesday, afternoon.
Fifty members were present and
heard with much interest the talk by
Rev Mccormick of Alya who is as
s'sting in the revival at The church.
lie gave helpful suggestions in con-
necticn with the guild work
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-01-13
Consultation Causes Bad Skin

A dull and pimply skin is due to ;
sluggish bowel movement Correct
this condition and clear your com
plexion with DR.. Kings New Life
Pills This mid laxative taken al
bedtime will assure you a full, tree
non gripping movement in the morn
ing Drive out the dull. listless feel
ing resulting from overloaded intes-
tines and sluggish liver Get a bottle
today, At all Druggists, 25c.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-01-13
Friday Bridge Club

Mrs Webb Baker Mrs ] II Cotteral
Mrs George Anderson and Mrs W VI
Bronson made up table Of guests
at the Friday Bridge club meeting
with Mrs S K Van Voorhees, yestcr-
day afternoon Mrs Henry Braun
won top score and Mrs Anderson, con-
ISOLATION
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-01-13
DAILY THOUGHT

We are in such haste to be doing
to be writing TO be gathering yca'
10 make our voice audible a momon
in the derisiye silence of eternity
that we forget that one thing o
which these are but the parts name
ly to Robert Louis Stevenson
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-01-13

James Hepburn is here from Hen
ryetta attending district court He
is attorney for Chas Griswold in a
case now being tried. Il like Hen
ryetta, It is a fine place, but there
is really no better town on earth to
live in than Guthrie. When | make
fortune will come back here to
live" he said, today.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-01-13
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y TESTED RECIPES. "
SmH n n e r. r. n m ~ mE n M n
Grab Salad

Crab Salad
Place in pan one pint Of vinegar
and one-half teaspoonful OF cayenne
paper Bring the vinegar to a boil
and drop one dozen live crabs in and
leave until they are good red cover.
Remove wash and clean Place in the
refrigerator to cool serve with may
onnaise
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-01-13

The Misses Katherine and joyce
Haskell Of Oklahoma City are spend
ing the week end with their cousin
Miss Betty Niblack.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-01-13

Mrs Grace Colbert Roberts q prot
ty widow q twenty three whose pie
ture has been seen thousands Of times
in the advertising of a certain make
Of stockings, was murdered in her
home in Philadelphia Sunday might
December 81 The photographs Of
some very we'll known Philadelphia
men were found in her apartment and
through these the police are trying
to trace the murderer who escaped,
50 far as known, without having been
seen by any one
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-01-13
ROOMS WANTED

Anyone who can spare rooms
visiting Masons will please telepFu
E w Trapnell and list them
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-01-13

The county poultry association Is
already arranging for next years
show New association officers are:
r A Hallenbeck, pres; II A butcher.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-01-13

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OIL and Gas Lease Blanks.
Oil and Gas lease blanks for sale
at The Leader office, Conform to
all late supreme court decisions.
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