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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-24
Peanuts Bring Large Rental.

Charles k Alen Yesterday received
$5l3 ior hi, one-lhrd rental crop OF
peanuts ON fifty four acre farm This
money is his profit aitcr deducting all
expenses. The land thus ne,ted him
$3.50 per acre, In comparison with the
a,gagc cotton rental this would indi-
cate that peanuts Say much larger
dividend To the landlord
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-24
Suicide At,emp, Fsih.

Robet, Cotbin. an old.,ime resident
q Cushing, attempted suicide At the
home Of his daughter her. last night.
according TO neishbors promp, aid
prevented death. and !, is though, he
will recover Mr. Cotbn's wife died
itcen,ly. and dependence over this,
coupled with III health, is thought to
have prompted his s,,emp, a, self De
stfucllon.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-24
Broadway Dancing Man Held
For Killing Tango Fauorite

Mrs, HiIair
treQuented
New York
dancing
resorts, always
in the
afternoons,
returning TO
her home
and husband
in Brooklyn
in time for
dinner
On the last
day OF her
life she went
IN the Hotel
Martinique,
wearing
S2,500 worth
Of jeweIry
and carrying
| a sum of
| money in
| her purse
| Both money
| and jewels
| we're gone
| when she
| was found
| StrangIed
| in bed,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-12-06
Don't Delay: Look II Up.

Noah Webster started with 10000
words. That was in 1928 when the
first edition of his dictionary was pub
lished. In the next edition that of
1854, the list had grown 10 ll4,OOO
Noah had died In the meantime, hut
his heirs and assigns continued his
work. In 1890 n total ~ 170VN words
were listed Since then the number
has more than doubled-it is now
about 100000.
or course. nobody could be expected
10 learn All those words. nor is II nee
essary. Whenever. In your reading.
you come across Il word the meaning
az which is not entirely clear Ia YOU.
drop your book or newspaper. a. the
case may be, and consult the diction-
airy. Don't delay; IL you do probably
you will never look the word up. II is
surprising how many words one may
add to ones vocabulary by this sim
pie method.--New York Times.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-12-06
PlGMY PEOPLE OF MARIvELES
Last Remnants Of an Ancient and
Most Mysterious Race Is Found
in Philippine Islands.

High up on the slopes Of Mount
Mariveles in the Philippine islands
dwell the last remnants of nm ancient
and most mysterious race--the negri-
tos. or little negroes" Scientists diff
fer hJpeiessly as 10 their origin and
history, but the traveller who is for
iunate enough To penetrate into their
carefully hidden villages finds The
quaint liitle people extremely interest
ing. says Lewis X. Freeman in the
World Wide Magazine. Though disin-
clined 10 work, the negrito Is indie
faiigablc in the chase. He will hunt
all day without eating anything but
the mango. or banana, that he may
seize a. lie rushes by. II the dogs are
scarce for any reason. women are
pressed into service. and these go
looping through the brush. yelpng in
imitation Of the CANNES for whom they
are substituted. Sometimes heater
Will emerge from the brush carrying n
Pig he has encountered and killed or.
more important still. bringing news Of
the sighting of a python. In this case
The whole hunt is called in and its
energies directed 10 the capture of the
big snake. which. when killed. Is car
ried in triumphal procession To the
village. where II furnishes feast for
All who can he gathered together FOR
the great occasion.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-12-06
WHAT CAUSED FOOD SHORTAGE?

Herbert Hoover, L. $. Food Admin
istrator, says there have been two
principal reasons Ia account for the
present food shortage. First. the "un-
kindness OF nature including the late
spring, droughts hurricanes, poor con
diiions OF rainfall, unexpected frosfs
and periods OF intense heat in sections
throughout the world
Second, he gives reduced produc-
tivity Of the soil in Europe" Concern
ing this. Hoover says: This condi-
lion has been brought about by bad
management, unSkilled work, aud lack
OF fertilizers: and these in turn can
lee explained by the Withdrawal Of men
from farm and field Ia army aud fac
tory, and the employment on the soil
~ oyerworked women. unskillcd old
men and lstless prisoners Further
more the vicious submarine has sunk
boat after boat filled with ntrstes
and fertilizers, conspiring Ia augment
the pauperlzstion Of the earth so that
reduction In soil productivity was In
cVitablc."
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-12-06
How Columbus Was MisIed.

Every schoolboy knows that when
Columbus discovered the island of
Cuba and the rest of the western
world tina, he did not know he had
discovered a new world. hut thought
he had circumnavigatcd the globe and
had found u new Way 10 cross the
ocean to Asia. II is curious fact
that the Indians of the island of Cuba
unconsciously confirmed this belief He
asked them the name OF one Of the
villages. and they said "Cubanaca. s.
and Columbus thought that they were
saying. "kuhnikahan." the name ~
the Tartar village mentioned by Marco
Polo. whose record Columbus had
read.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-12-06
END OF AN ARMED ROBBER
condemned Men in China, on Way TO
Execution, Are Permitted TO Stop
at All Wine Shops.

one of the first sights which il was
my lot 10 gaze upon since coming here
was n public exhibition Of a man con
victed Of robbery under arms being led
forth Ia execution. a correspondent ~
The North China Daily News writes
from Pakow. We were inside the house
when we heard the sound of the yard
long trumpets In the street and going
10 the door beheld n procession pass
lug arrayed in rhe glory of old China.
with its triangular shaped flags and
honorifc sign-boards. together with
touch here and there of Western
ideas.
There were probably POO soldiers In
the parade and they carried modern
rifles and, minus the cue, looked pass
able II rather slovenly In their car
ringe. Some officers rode horses md
were clad I'm scmifOrelgn garments.
our attention, however. was psrticu-
larly directed Ia the man who was 10
die. who was coming along AT the end
OF the line. His cart, the ordinary long
goods cart, had stopped for minute
or two before IL came 10 where ] was
standing and nn inquiry found that IL
had paused in front uf wine shop.
IL being the custom here that the CON
Wet should stop al any or all The wine
shops on route 70 the execution ground
and drink all he wanted free of charge
BY the time the man i'm his cart passeu
me he appearcd 10 he indeed drunk
and was muttering incoherently as "a
man Will when he is pretty deep in his
cups. He looked like any other sim
pie counirynan and one could not but
pity him In view Of the fact that he
was soon 10 be thrust unprcpared into
the presence of the Eternal Judge.
The execution ground was the river
side and just outside The town. and the
business which took the crowd there
was soon dispatched. for although did
not go Ia see the spectacle / heard the
trulnpets announcing the return Of the
troops about 20 minutes afterward.
J am told by one who knows that The
body is not buried, but dragged INTO
The shade Of small clump of trees
near by and vulturcs and dogs soon
dispose If II.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-12-06

ousheI OF corn will buy more fer
tilizer now than II would In 1914.
Every purchase must be considered on
the basis OF relative values rather
than dollar values.
The high quotations for spring fer
tilizers have caused many farmers Ia
ask whether il will be possible to USE
fertilizers at a profit next season. The
answer 20 this question may be found
by comparison OF the relative pur-
chasing power OF crops before the war
and at the present time.
In 1914 the usual corn fertilizer cost
S2l per ton. Today the same fertilizer
costs around $40 per ton--an increase
uf 80 per cent. In 1914 corn Was
worth about 60 cents per bushel, TAX
ing the country over. To-day il sells at
not less than Sl.30 per bushel, on the
farm-more than 100 per cent Increase.
The same calculation could he made
for wheat, potatoes or almost any
other crop teXcepting ia the ease of
those fertilizers containing poiash).
Each individual farmer has merely
10 consider whether fertilizers paid
before The war; IL 81 they Will pay
even better nav
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-12-06
FARMERS AND THE WORLD WAR

The farmers tools Of production Ia
wartime become Of Importance second
only To- the needs OF the army itself.
Food production is patriotic duty,
and the farmer is In the second line Of
defense. Every effort Is needed 10
Increase production, to feed our armies
and allies. Food prices sre forced
higher because the demand is In
creased greatly and the supply n linn
tied
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-12-06
Land Of surprisss.

New Zealand IL not exactly contigu-
Gus To or a part Of Australia. "a many
seem to imagine. there being a slight
difference Of some l 200 miles between
them. Things 10 by contrsries In III.
land OF the kangaroo" The farthe.
north you travel the hotter 81 is-i2t
degrees In. the shade In Queensland
IjgDum vitae. which sIDks In otbe.
waters. floats in Australian waters. ThS
Christmas dinner Ii eaten in Melbourn,.
aud sydney when II Is over 100 degree,
IN the shade.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-12-06
ARMIES ARE NEEDED AT HOME

If this war is TO be won, We shall
have TO put several armies in the field,
The army Of soldiers I'm the trenches,
the army IT food producers In the fur
rows, the women's army Of food con
servers, heating back the attacks of
that world-old camp follower Of war
famine, and Il patriotic army III civili-
ans in the business and political
world. The BankerFarmer. Oct,
1917
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-12-06
Especially IN DishabiIIe.

Mrs. Meekton Henry. are you
afraid TO 70 downstairs and face that
burglar?
Meekton 49, Afraid? Certainly not |;
hut You know. my dear. how ! hate
10 meet perfect strangers.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-12-06

Some people are so inqusiiive.
Yes. hut they are usually stupid"
Stupid Z"
Yes. " I were az inquisitlye ~ yo,
are would know everything Fix
change
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-12-06
WAY FERTILIZER PRICES
HAVE ADVANCED.

Cannon and crops use the same
food. Six hundred thousand tons
Of nitrstcs went Ia make explosives
last year. in the United States
alone.
Sulphuric acid necessary for the
manufacture OF acid phosphate L.
normally made from Spanish sui
phur ores. Submarines have now
almost entirely cut OF This snpply.
Birthstone. used az substitute
source Of sulphur, must he trans
ported by rail at great expense
from Iouisisnis and Texas. since
sary 10 commanded sulphur-carry-
Ing boats.
Large anSntiDes OF phosphate
rock from Florida and Tennessee
must now go by rail st high freight
rates. Uncle Sam needs the boats.
Higher labor, machinery, cosl
and supply casts have caused gen
eral advance In all raw materials
varying from % TO lOO per cent.
Rurlap bags which normally cost
~ cents each, now cost a5 cents and
are scarce at that.
Labor which WAS plentiful IN
1914 81 So % per day is now almost
understandable at $3.50 per day.
There can be hut one answer to
conditions such NJ these; namely.
hixh-pricrd fertilizers.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-12-06
How n. Got Il.

''lI"w did Chnmlcy yet all his
money"
"By wing strAws.
Nv What Gambiingi"
NO: lie used to do illustrating for =
hat company" New York sun.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-12-06
CROP PRICES and
DOLLAR VALUES
Commodity Prices Are High, but Crops
Are Hioher-The Dollar Is
Cheap.

When is a dollar not dollarl Re
iative values shift SO rapidly these
days that dollar has no definite
value. Ii Is merely 4 question Of how
much OF the commodity you want, you
can get for the commodity you have
10 whether that commodity
be labor, live stock, corn or wheat.
Charlevoix county herald., 1917-10-12
BEGIN HOT WAITER
DRINM1NG 1F YOU
DON'T FEEL RTGIT
esys glass Of hot water with
phosphate before breakfast
washes out poisons.

II you wake UP with bad taste, bad
breath and tongue IL coated; II your
head Is dull or aching; II what you eat
sours and forms gas and acid In stom-
ach, or you are bilious, constipated.
nervous, sallow and can't get feeling
Just right, begin inside bathing. Drink
before breakfast, glass Of real hot
water with a teaspoonful OF limestone
phosphate In It. This will flush the
poisons and toxins from stomach, liver.
kidneys and bowels and cleanse.
sweeten and purify the entire alimen-
tary tract. Do your inside bathing I'm.
medlately upon arising In the morning
to wash out of the system all the pre-
vious days poisonous waste, gases and
sour bile before putting more food into
the stomach.
To feel like young folks feel; like
you felt before your blood, nerves and
muscles became loaded with body i'm.
purities, get from your pharmacist q
quarter pound Of limestone phosphate
which is inexpensive and almost .asts-
less, except for sourish twinge which
is not unpleasant.
Just as soap and hot water act on
the skin, cleansing, sweetening and
freshening, 80 hot water and limestone
phosphate act on the stomach. liver,
kidneys and bowels. Men and women
who are usually constipated. bilious,
headachy or have any stomach dis.
order should begin this inside bathing
before breakfast. They are assured
they will become real cranka on the
subject shortly.
Charlevoix county herald., 1917-10-12
CHAPTER v.
A Double Shock.

thinx Lieutenant Strutbers copsid.
cred me under . cloud a. we rode
away. followed by two troopers: but ]
do not believe that he noticed (the
night being dark that ! had discard.
ed my uniform for plain clothing.
Sure It was that he had little to say
to me. . disgraced man. and as sure
that was thankful for bis silence. not
particularly liking him. and having
enough to think about.
Il Was past two o'clock when we
reached Baskinsridge and. came be-
fore M'sieur Ledare's house. There
was no light In any direction. and II
appeared strange that there came no
answer to Struther's repeated ,thumps
on the door. Both the Frenchman
aud his servant are sound sleepersl"
he growled. hammering on he panel
with the hiit of bis sword.
May. them said I. there's some.
thing wrong In this!" And ] laid my
hand on the latch. when to my sur.
prise the door yielded easily enough.
I entered the dark hall. and the first
thing did was TO stumble over the
body OF man lying on the floor. At
that raised . shout. A minute later
Ledare's old servant Penton. came
down the stairs with q light. he being
but half dressed. and then I saw that
the body was that OF Ledsre himself.
He wss stone dead. his skull having
been split by blow Of the heavy IRE.
tongs lying near him.
] knew the rest intuitively, and IL
was soon fairly proved. Ledare had
teen killed b. the prisoner. who had
gone; and gone. too. were my old
masters shoes. for he lay there un.
shod and weltering in his own blood,
murdered by the man who had n In
his heart to murder me.
cannot express the shock felt at
this discovery: for the time Il IN.
Charlevoix county herald., 1917-10-12

was fairly stunned by the sudden
ness Of II all. "Deserterl" could
only stammer.
"None OF your innocence with me. "
he fairly roared. II spotted ye last
night. an had ye gone to bed I'd "a
had ye In limbo ere this. Yesterday
two troopers came looking for We. and
they gave me your lines. Yer auntf
A fine tale to give me who knows ev-
cry soul OH the point. There Is no
Betsy Brothwell there. nor many of
any name. know We. We damned
traitor-you anger horse with Its so;
jor trappins. I'm no fool. Get into
the cabin
He certainly had been no fool. and
this was a bad beginning for mo. The
man was armed and was not. What
was to be done? Washington had
considered me as selfreliant. and here
was chance TO use my brains.
Where are you going to take me?" I
asked, sinking back In my seat with a
hopeless air, though ! only looked to
gain time. With quick glance !
measured the distance between US. II
was hardly four feet.
Il am goin' to land We up the bay
and send ye of to Harry Lee at Pau.
lus Hook. where We will hang fast
enough. Get below, tell ye."
Al he spoke he stood up. letting 60
the tiller as he raised his pistol to
cover me, the boat flying into the
wind as the helm was released. IL !
was ever TO act must do II now. II
were sent TO Lee / might possibly
save my life II could get him to hear
me; but what an ending to my er.
rand!
What would Washington think Of
me Cor allowing myself to be captured
by a Jersey fisherman? Nay. would
not fall that way without falling in all
others, and 30. taking all risks. I act
ed.
AS the man stood up on the un.
steady deck OF the heaving sloop
arose and turned as II to go into the
little cabin, but as bent to the low
cockpit l swung around, and ere he
had time to shift himself or make de-
tense. l sprang for him, grasped him
around the legs, and threw him across
the coaming. his pistol exploding and
the boat careening under the violence
OF the commotion. And, thank God,
the pistol ball went wide of me.
Charlevoix county herald., 1917-10-12

Not doubt Of me had he shown. and
from him had learned much without
myself asking a question.
l now knew that Melton was q pro-
vincial, and from the South; that he
was comparatively unknown (which
was a great comfort). and that he had
undertaken desperate venture In
order to rehabilitate himself for some
thing he had done-and that some
thing was possibly cheating at cards.
Later found Ii to be true.
To have this babbling youth with
me might be of great help, for one
thing was now certain: ! must pose al
Melton, and not as q ueserter from
the Continental Army; and tits was
best for two reasons: first, that as
Melton l would learn things otherwise
impossible to come by; second. az q
deserter ! would be held In confins-
ment until proved; for. unlike
Champe. I had no orderly book or
other tangible evidence to youch for
be. The thing had not been of my
doing: fate had cast me for the part
of Lieutenant Lysander Melton. of an
unknown regiment, and as Melton I
must pose and take my chances. It
was a mighty risk--but I wa out for
risk.
cannot say how that day passed,
for between lacking sleep for two
nights, nervous tension, and my late
adventure with Dean, was used up,
and In spite Of my precarious position
/ slept, Selfridge spreading his own
cloak on the bottom OF the Loaf for
me to lie on.
Aye, and ! slept, wet though ! was,
and for the matter of five hours, and
when l awoke, refreshed, albeit lit
tie stunned when the situation came
back to me. found that the sun had
dried my clothes. and that the patrol
had been relieved and was going to
port Immediately.
Even then, and for some time there
after, had no trouble, for with Self
ridge as my sponsor (and one might
have thought he had known me all my
life. my questioning by the authorities
at Richmond was hardly more than =
formality; certainly no one appeared
TO have suspicion regarding my iden-
tity. I told straight story. most Of
II being based upon facts. I putting
myself in Melton's shoes; and both
General Simcoe, and another officer
whose name ! did not learn, swallow.
ed IT whole.
And so ! was set free. and under
Selfridge's escort started that even
ing for the city, less a questionable
character than an honored guest; and
at about eight o'clock that night, clad
In civilian clothes, entirely unarmed
and having nothing more formidable
upon me than the gold in my belt and
Bellmore's note (Which had been
handed back to mel, I found myself
landed at the Fly Market at the foot
Of Maiden Lane. an American officer
in disguise; and moose seemed to be
about my neck.
Wait. / said had nothing formid-
able about my person. l had. Just be-
fore stepping aboard the schooner at
Staten Island I had pulled down an
oak bough, and now in my breast
pocket were a dozen or 80 of it's
leaves. Formidable! A brass field
piece might be less so. and hoped to
prove II.
End OF Sixth Chapter.
Charlevoix county herald., 1917-10-12

DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this slip,
enclose with sc to Foley G. Co., 1885
Sheffield Ave-, Chicago, ILL.,, writing
your name and address clearly. You
will receive in return a trial package
containing Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound for coughs, colds and Group;
Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic
lets.-Hite's Drug Store.
Charlevoix county herald., 1917-10-12
End Of Sixth Chapter.
Continued Next Week.

Warships-Vessels that should never
be built with money taken from the
sinking fund.
Experience teaches that people sell
dom hit man when he is down. They
usually Jump on him.
Arizona republican., 1917-04-18

There is no danger of a spirit of militarism manifesting itself in a country which has no desire for con- quest. Anonymous.
Arizona republican., 1917-04-18

hlm at the time of the Vera Cruz landing and his reply to our notes the CarrizaI incident Carranza was always carrying chip his shoulder daring Uncle Sam knock it off
 The Carranza press has always been censorous of the attitude of the United States toward the European peihgerents and has been particularly bitter since this country declared of war.
 We have often thought that there was too great nervousness about the Germanc- Mexican combina- ton. We have doubted whether there were enough Germans in Mexico to leaven the Carranza forces so as to make them serious threat against this country, even if there Villa forces to engage tpelr attention. That there will always be trouble along the border until this government has time and takes the trouble permanently to remove the cause Of it, has never been doubted. A force must always ond chief is in the ascendancy We do not think either of them be disregarded or relied upon
 We do not believe, however that atti- tude toward Germany has greatly seriously affect ed the situation along the Mexican border Though after the declaration of state of war many Germans went from this country into Mexico, some of them It was reported secret orders from their govern emnt they did so more likely a of precau- tion than for the purpose of engaging with Mex- cans in warfare against the United States
 Reports of German submarines in Mexican waters are almost certainly without foundation especially reports locating U-boats in Pacific waters It is month since such reports first received It is certain that if there any submarines there they would have been definitely known to be there Much tonnage now afloat would be the bottom sea