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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-31
Luke L Saws

There is a legal limit as to how many
fish you can catch In q state, But few
anglers have to worry over it.
When you get so you can see nothing
but the defects of your fellow men it is
time YOU changed glasses.
1t is hard to make an agent believe
that a man can ever get all the life in
surance he needs.
You can't follow your inclination and
stay long in the straight and narrow
path.
They claim that wealth brings worry
and riches bring misery But most OF us
would welcome that kind OF worry and
misery.
A new hat or a new suit never looks
as good on the purchaser as it did in
the window of the store.
Almost any man can tell you that il
all the rest OF the people were like him
this would be a grand world.
1t can't be so terrible to be near
sighted. II gives you a swell excuse
for not recognizing your creditors when
YOU pass them on the street.
Some church members act as though
they expect to find private boxes re
served for them in heaven so they won't
have to mingle with the common herd.
The drys take great delight in argu-
ing that it is the liquor interests that
find most, fault with prohibition And
by the same rule it is the prohibition
interests that find most fault with
liquor.
Even when a man can't sleep a wink
after 4 a. m. he wants a lot OF credit
for getting UP early.
What has become OF the old fash
toned man who used to eat the parsley
that came with his steak when he was
feeding in a restaurant
A lot of married men appreciate their
better halves so much that they have to
spend four hours in a kali every nigh,
telling the gang what good wiieS they
have at home.
One good feature about a woman'S
club is that il holds its sessions in the
afternoon and not at night like the
mems clubs.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-31

Advocates Of q smokelcw day declare that money
spent for smoking is worse than wasted. The statement is
not borne out by facts. Before putting this on record,
Why not make an investigation and see if the ~nonsmokers
have accomplished more than the smokers. Smoking may
appear to some as being waste. Others think ice cream
expenditures are wasted. Some think eating candy is
waste. Probably all Injuries arc wastes, but a world
eanaot be happy II all the comforts and luxuries be
eliminated, combining life to bare necessities. As an ex-
hvms measure, the smokers will acquiese in a smoke
~ day or a ~smokeless year, if a necessity really exists
for such action.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-31
. Our Toe Miller Contest.

Alfred G.. Allen claims that the oldest
Joke is the one about the suffering man
who va arrested and taken to night
court. The suffering mans name was
Sisson', and when the officer brought
the prisoner in, the magistrate said
What is your name" "Sss-sss-sss-ss-"
began the prisoner, stop kissing me-"
demanded the magistrate, and tell me
your name" "Sss-sss-sss-sSs-" re-
pcated the prisoner, The magistrate
turned to the officer and said What
is this man charged with" Il think he's
charged with soda water" replied the
officer.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-31
Poems That viii Live

Never before in any crisis have the
words of a poem rang home more truly
and have been more comforting than
those from the pen of the understand
ing poet, Joseph B. Glider, when he
wrote
Fresh Guaranteed Butter and
Eggs at Wholesale Prices.
Berkeley (Cal) brotherhood.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-31
Our Daily Birthday Party.

Admiral Sir William May. retired,
who has been described as the fines,
asset the British navy ever possessed
born siNty-eight years ago today.
Rev. DR.. Robert s. Macarthur. prcsi-
dent of the Baptist World Alliance,
born at Dalesville, Quebec, seventy SIX
wears agO today.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-31
Expressing Himself.

Dear Luke recently took my
nephew to Atlantic City and while
watching the classic and voluptuous
forms Of the female bathers Sho were
disporting on the beach, my nephew,
instead Of saying Would | were an
artist" or, How perfect is the human
FORM merely calculated Good night,
nurse Bail Crank.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-31

Before a decision is reached in this nine inning baseball
discussion about oklahoma City and Tulsa remaining in
the Western association, those two towns are likely to hop
out some fine morning and Join the National league, Then
we can expect to have a worlds series played down here
some autuTn in the near future.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-31

get out Of going by telling their i'm
periections, but what we had in mind
to say was to pass The word on to
Luke McLukc that l. b Long lives
over in Hillsboro.-Wilmington Jour
nal Rennhlican-
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-31
CUKFM:LUKF
Ibis COLUMN
@eyr;ybt 1877
Fact.

Fact.
D. your line you may not excel,
but what you do you should do well.
JUST do your best, my son, and you
VIII never lack for work to do.
Huh!
Why is il that | do not see you at
the club very oiten2" asked Brown. 81
see Smith there every night"
No wonder" replied Jones. Smith
is married and I'm not"
Oil
That man lives by his wits. said Mac.
cannot be " said Hits.
You mean that he lives by the lack
Or other peoples wits"
Fooeyl
1T says here that bad air /, what
makes people weary" said the Old
Fogy.
u always thought that it was hot
air yawned the Crouch.
Cool.
lie was cool when In danger. Yesl
And not "A bit white -livcred
That he was cool ! viii confess,
He was so cool he shivared.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-31
HUH

Shed like To marry old man Lears,
AZ his x she won't scott.
For while he In we'll on In years,
She knows that he's well of.
Luke Mcl.uke.
Now I suppose that II would milf
Tho lady. should ! tell.
But. honestly, 'twould suit her II
He were not quite 40 well.
Newark Advocate.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-31

One Hundred, Years Ago Today.

lSl7-General Philip Cook, noted
Confederate commander and Georgia
congressman, born in Twiggs county
Pa. Died in Atlanta, May p, 1894.
Seventy five Years Ago Today.
l842-Edward Hale Kendall, noted
architect, designer OF many prominent
buildings in New York City, born id
Boston Died in New York Cityd
March 10, 1901.
Fifty Years Ago Today.
lH67-Catherine Maria Sedgwick,
popular author, died at Roxbpry, Mass.
Born at Stockbridge, Mass, Dec. %,
1889.
Twenty-Five Years Ago Today.
l892-Celebration Of the tcrcentenary
OF Trinity college. Dublin.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-31
You Know Him

He always bites. does Mr.. Dick,
When hunco schemes allure,
He always tries to get rich quick,
And that's what keeps him poor.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-31

INNEWTYpH
Twenty Years Ago.
from IRE TINES PILES

"Nhhy HNe NV
Over the Choctaw line, an excursion
to Buffalo. N. y, for the round tripl
only $3.50.
Mr.. Snodgrass, who caught for thd
Oklahoma City ball team last year, isl
in the city from McLoud.
Mrs, Frank Hatrah and children
have gone on a visit to Mrs. Harrah'i
brother IN Dcsmet, Dakota.
Ollie Durland has been promoted
from the local Wells-Fargo. office ad
this place to the division offices ad
Arkansas City. Ollie is a careidl ex-
pressman and deserves his promotion
His place here will be well Nlled BY
Seab Armour, Ernest Eastman taking
Armour's place.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-31
One Year Ago Today In the War.

July 81, l9l6-Large fleet of Zcppe-
Inns raided southeastern cotpties OF
England Henry Edward Duke sue
ceeded Augustine Birrell as chief sccre-
tary for Ireland Russians pushed to-
ward kovel and Lembers despite Bit
ter resistance.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-31
OH

Some men may be smart Alecs. But
what we started to say was that Alec
Smart lives at Southern Cross, Mont.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-31
Cool.
Paw Knows Everything.

Willie-Paw. what is a reformcr2
Paw--A reformer is a party who
wants to prevent others from doing the
things IN an open way that he likes to
indulge in or the quiet, my son.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-31

Some people rush right in and offer
as perfect specimens for
in the army and some try to
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-31
Lines Worth Remembering.

The Judgment of a great people |,
often wiser than the wiSeSt men-Kos,
Su,h.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-31
OUCH

First Man-What makes the bees
swarm
Second Man-They've been working
T. II. NJ.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-31
Firms Is Firms.
Thank

Striker & Shower are in the ice bust
ness at Madison, Wis.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-31

Most OF Us Devote Too Much Time
To Running The Government.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-31
We'll He's AHA tn

Willie Fight of Walnut Hills, Gin
cinnati i, over six feet tall and weights
249 pounds.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-31

Now that Andy Binns has spudded in, news will be anx-
iously awaited telling that he has struck the Bartlesville
sand.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-31

riitcou CATS hkU
Troops are called to Shenandoah,
Pa, to keep order in the streets Of the
town, which is in the hands OF an in-|
turiated mob. The trouble started
when two policemen attempted to escort
two non-union workers through the lins|
OF striking miners.
Mrs. Eunice NJ. Munger, a depart.|
ment president of the W. X. C., has
accepted an invitation to deliver AMI
address at the G.. A. X. encampment al
Jefferson August IS.
VIII Maxwell, employed at th1
Alexander Drug company, is rejoicing
over the arrival at his home of !
daughter.
Farmers of the surrounding country
are bringing in watermclons to thd
city by the wagon load. The melons
are large and of the finest quality.
{. +. Colcord is expected to arrival
tomorrow from a s~ojourn in the noun
tains of Colorado.
Ten Years Ago.
Miss Mildred Poindexier of Kansas
City arrived today to visit Miss Mar
gucrite Grant.
The school board transacts business.
for a wonder. A successful meeting
was held and nine teachers and janitors
were elected. The new teachers ara
Pearl Shaw, Elnora Skow, Mary Still,
Miss Dillihanty, Lillian Gray, Anna L..
Scales, Edna Walker, Hattie Bradford
and Patti Hampton.
Oklahoma City to Kansas City over
the Frisco, 1925.
II is said there are in the neighbour
hood OF a thousand Indians cncamped
on the grounds seven miles south of
Cement, Okla, preparing to celebrate
the big four-day picnic at the home OF
Mexican Picody. Several tribes Are
represented.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-31
Names Is Names.
Our Daily Special

Iva Boyle lives in Cleveland, Ohio.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-31

When America gets into the
world war things will happen" said
Editor George II, Lorimer at a din
ner in Philadelphia. America in
vented the submarine boat, the machine
gun and the airplanc, and when she
gets busy %warmaking the spectacle
will be very remarkable.
Il don't want to Drag, but the Other
combatants in Americas presence will
be like the young fellow who got a lob
OF private secretary to a multimillion-
airc.
The first morning of his new job
the secretary showed up at 9 O'Clock
and found the multimillionairc ALREADY
hard at work. The second morning he
showed up at 8 o'clock, and there wa,
the multimillionaire with half his mail
cleared away. So the third morning
he showed up at 7 o'clock and the mul.
timilllonalrc looked up from his desk
and said dryly;
Young fellow, what do YOU do
with your f%orenoons ?"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-31
R1ppIlNdRHYMFS
B@Mk Mason
Cooyvg3t 1917 J
PATEL

DE patient, though the load yo,,
n carry grows heavier with every
- verst IT does no good to raise Old
Harry, cen when our woes are at their
worst. Once | was prone to cuss and
clamor at every hitch In my affairs
anon Ia take the ak or hammer. and
run amuck, and break the chairs. When.
ever Fortune acted dirty, | walked the
floor and raised a roar; and so when
was only thirty, | felt like one who's
reached three But wisdom
comes as age advances, and | have
found that patience pays; and no I'm.
pleasant circumstances can roll the cur
rent OF my days. When tiresome aunt.
cHnc Tor a visit, or | have boils OF
corns or govt, | say, "Misfortune's with
me, is 1t? Well, it can't jar a cheerful
scout One faces trouble like a rabbit
one with courage high and great, and
grit like this is just a habit that any
man can cultivate. One does his dut,
here so meanly he leaves behind A punk
renowD; II takes his burden up Sc
renely. and chortleS till he lays it down
No tribulation is so weighty that it can
put me in a fix; and now that am
nearly eighty, l. feel like one Of twenty
six.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-31

Mrs. Eunice NJ. Munger, a depart.|
ment president of the ". X. C., has
accepted an invitation to deliver AMI
address at the G. A. X. encampment al
Jefferson August IS.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-31
Ten Years Ago.

Miss Mildred Poindcxier Of Kansas
City arrived today to visit Miss Mar
gucrite Grant.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-07-06
Taxes on Corporations
Reduced In Clear Creek

While In session this week the
county commissioners authorized
County Attorney Regennitter to
investigate the various reductions
in the assessed valuations of the
corporations and public utility
companies doing business in Clear
Greek county. The reduction in
the various valuations made by the
state tax commission aggregates
1000 and places the county
commissioners in very enbarrass-
ing position, for the deficiency
will have to be met by placing a
heavier burden on the small tax
payer and home owner.
The commissioners are willing
to concede that some of the former
valuations were too high but they
do not understand how the state
tax commission is justified in
ordering such a sweeping reduc-
ton as is now indicated.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-07-06
Commissioners ASKING
State Aid for Road

Georgetown is desirous of se-
curing state aid in the construc-
tion of a piece of road within the
limits of the town of Georgetown,
on the road between Georgetown
and Silver Plume, and the county
commissioners on Monday of this
week adopted resolutions seeking
aid from the state highway COM
mission.
County Attorney Regennitter
had previously pointed out to the
highway commission that in ac-
cordance with the late highway
act, a petition from the county
commissioners was not necessary,
but the highway commission held
steadfast to different opinion,
and as as the resolution is now
forthcoming actual work on the
road should result from the action.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-07-06
Trusty Escapes But
Is Soon Recaptured

O. Olofson, alais John Ander-
son, one of Sheriff Straub's star
boarders, quietly walked away
from his environments and was
later reported as being on Pine
Slope, this city, where he was
frightening the residents by his
strange actions. Constable Fred
There was notified and went to the
scene, arrested Anderson, brought
him to town and turned him over
to Deputy Sheriff Straub, who
took him to Jail that evening.
Anderson was convicted at the
last term of court for forging a
check in payment for goods pur-
chrsed from Adolph Nelson, and
was awaiting sentence at the time
of departure. He is supposed to
be little ''daffy" and was allowed
to act as "trusty" by the sheriff,
but it is safe to assert that his
next trip will be to Canon City
and under the escort and eagle eye
of the sheriff.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-07-06
Large StreakS OF
$50 Ore on Saxon

Success in investing in mines
depends largely upon selecting
favorable locations and promising
lining properties. Messrs. Cooper
and Robson of Denver, who recent
ly secured by purchase the Mascot
and Magnamora claims on Saxon
mountain, - both commended for
their selection. The development
reveals large streaks of ore that
returns about $50 per ton in gold,
silver, copper, and lead, CON-
bination of values that is bound to
return handsome profits as develop
ment progresses.
A good force of men are now en-
gagged in clearing out and retimber-
ing the main level with view to
its further extension into the
mountain. About sixteen inches
OF solid copper ore is in evidence
in the breast with every indication
of its becoming larger with de-
velopment. A new adit on the
vein has been started that will give
a depth of over 700 feet of virgin
ground. Should this prove up to
expectations the installing of an
aerial tramway and the construct
ing of a fifty ton concentrating
mill are among the contemplated
improvements.
The mine is favorably located
for economical development by
adits on the veins and is in close
proximity to the railroad station.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-07-06
Murray Sentenced For
From 8 to 5 years

Judge H. S. Glass, accompanied
by District Attorney Samuel W.
johnson, were in Georgetown
Monday to pronounce sentence on
those found guilty of criminal
offenses during the May term of
the district court.
E. Murray, found guilty on a
statutory charge, was sentenced
for from three to FIVE years in the
state penitentiary, while o. Olof-
son made a getaway from the
sherifrs residence on Monday.
He had been assisting in doing
chores and departed for parts un-
known Immediately after partaking
of a good dinner. This was the
third vacation Olofson had taken
without permission but he was
again recaptured.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-07-06
Irrigate Potatoes
In FurrOWS---
Do Not Sprinkle

This year more potatoes have
been planted on small lots in the
cities and towns in this state than
ever before, and a word of advice
to these growers may be of material
help to them.
Whenever possible, potatoe $
should not be irrigated by the
sprinking method-that is, water
should not be- applied on the
foliage, but in fnrrows between
the rows. This permits the water
to reach the root system without
coming in direct contact With it.
1t is always better to apply the
water in the evening, as it will
keep the soil cooler, and also pre-
vent excessive baking of the soil.
Potatoes require loose or open
soil, and for this reason, the potato
patchshould be cultivated:frsquent.
ly, SO as to prevent the surface soil
from crusting or baking, Always
cultivate as sooI as possible after
each irrigation, especially during
the 6rst two months. When the
vines cover the rows, cultivation
should cease. By frequent and
thoro cultivation, less frequent
irrigation is needed. Too much
water interferes with, the forma-
ton of tubers.
One reason why so many growers
obtain only vines, is because OF
the practice of sprinkling the
potatoes, instead of applying the
water direct to the soil in the
burrows between the rows.-E. P.
Sandsten, Colorado Agricultural
College, Fort Collins, Colo.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-07-06

Al Green, who for nearly tw o
years has been in charge Of the
Siftings mechanical department,
has offered his services to his
country and will become a men,
Der of Base Hospital Corps No. 80.
He went down to Denver on the
Fourth. was examined by Doctor
Cuth bert Powell and accepted.
He stands subject to call on 48
hours notice aud expects to be
taken to Europe where he will go
ia training in the hospital service
to care for the wounded soldiers
brough in from the battlefield.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-07-06
Musical Concert Coming;
Opera House Wednesday

AS a diversion from moving
pictures Idaho Springs will ap-
preciate the announcement of
Manager Schoellkopf that the
Opera House will present the
Invincible Concert company We'd
nesday evening, July IL, featuring
Jas. johnson and Edw. Mackey, the
worlds blind wonders to whom all
musical instruments are alike.
This company is assisted by j.
w. Cooper, the noted ventriloquist,
who is recognized by the press and
public to be the greatest ventril-
oquist of the colored race. His
part of the entertainment is the
acme of refinement.
The members of the company
perform on various instruments in
cluding saxophone, violin, cornet,
mandolin, guitar and piano, and
they are noted for their singing.
The press is loud in its praises
of the entertainment afforded bv
these colored artists and the enter
tainment should be we'll patronized.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-07-06
Brazil Group Makes
A Splendid Showing

Morgan and Kennedy are now
actively engaged in developing
their Brazil group of mines near
Freeland. Operations were started
on this property last fall but on
account Of the inclemency of the
weather and not having the
necessary buildings ready, it was
deemed better to suspend work
until this summer, but from now
on work will be pushed forward
with vigor which these two old
time miners know how to perform.
The Brazil mine is one of the
best and strongest veins in the
Freeland district, and with develop
ment may prove to be as good a
mine as its neighbor, the famous
Lamartine, was in its best days.
Messrs. Morgan apd Kennedy
are old-time miners in this com
munity and are not easily excited
over a good showing of ore, but
are very much pleased with the
present outlook and are confident
that they have in the Brazil group
a property well worth developing
and which in time will prove to be
second to none in the county.