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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-11
Sues Frisco Railroad.

DURANf. okla, oct II -(SpcclalD
e + Williams Of Mead has entered
suit IN the district court for $50
damages against the Frisco lie al
leges he was forcibly elected from a
passenger train after presenting a
ticket which he had purchased in good
faith for a whole ticket. and which
aftcrward proved to be a half ticket.
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Changes in Statues
Certified by Lyon

Secretary Of State J. /. Lyon has
certified to 1888 changes in the 1917
statutes as printed by the senate com
mlttce, and is having the changes
printed in pamphlet form for insertion
in the copies Of the statutes, which
have been held up by Mr.. Lyon for
more than 4 month.
1T was found that the statute, were
not printed as they were passed by the
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Liberty Bond
Postal Canvass
Now Proposed

WASHINGTON. Oct IA nation
wide anvas by postcard or letter Of
all bank depositers IN behalf Of the
Liberty loan was proposed yesterday By
Comptroller Williams in a statement
10 the national banks Of the
country, The comptroller estimates
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legislature and as | certified to them"
Mr.. Lyon said Yesterday Many word.
were left out. punctuation was omitted
and a great number Of clerical and
typographical mistakes made. have
made note OF all Of these and am hav-
ing them printed for insertion in the
statute books"
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Peruvian Minister
Asks for Passports
to Leave Germany

AMSTERDAM, Oct 1.-THE Peru.
wan minister tu Germany has handed
to the government a note announcing
a rupture OF relations between Peru aud
Germany and also has requested his
passports, according to a dispatch re.
ceived here from Berlin.
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Coal Operators
Will Help Nation
Avert Fuel Famine

WASHINGTON. Oct IA general
conference OF the country's coal opera
tors at Pittsburgh October y has been
called by ]. d. A. Morrow, secretary
OF the National Coal association for the
purpose. II was announced, Of help
ing the fuel administration avert a coal
famine,
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U1S- MOVE
4eIlP TRAVIS
d the HUNDREDS.
Psnn or Receiving Sta
Y ION Open Day and Night

SAN ANTONIO, Oct. li-(SpeoialO
--Recruits have continued to dr'bbIc
iatc Camp Travis during the last sew
esal days despite the order setting back
~ time Of their arrival five days. Yes
terday approximately 2.O0N OF them had
reached the cantonment and reported.
They were immsdiately assigned to or,
Qnixatioas and given equipment and
svesytAlng has gone along just as
ltAoaoA ~ officers expected the men
The hugcasss Of the organization simply
absorbed them and the plans OF no one
we're in the least disturbed by the re.
csuits' premature arrival.
Open Night asd Day.
The receiving station, formerly a
mess hall, and the only building large
enuugh to accommodate the thousands
- Trey pour in. will be KEEP, open night
md day with a crew OF medical officers
a hand to check off the recruits and
I've them a preliminary examination.
This completed. they will be sent to
,tAeig divers organizations where the
brigade or regimental surgeons will
give them a close and careful examlna-
ton. No detail or impcriection escapes
tkese keen-eyed doctors and when a
man leaves the infirmary. every mark,
scar and popularity has been noted.
The recruits finger prints arc taken
and his measurement recorded. From
thence on, forever more, there is no
question as to his identity,
It's the Bull Pen.
The bull pen as the receiving sta
tioa is commonly called, presents a
secae worthy of the attention Of a mas
tsr Of the brush as the hundreds Of men
az the different contingents file inside.
At night it Is particularly impressive
Tired and ready TO sleep. yet lntoxicat-
a BY their venture into the unknown,
Ne recruits file before the doctors with
Vss agleam and hearts inclined to pal
p3tate.. Al the rate Of twenty per min
Ne they pass these surgeons. Each is
srmed with rubber gloves and an ex-
cs6Gnally bright seetylene bull's-eye
lesP.
The "Once- Over"
A. each recruit comes up. one OF the
saegeons steps in front OF him, flashes
~ Antesn down his throat, then into
his syss and then into his ears. BY
tAis hasty examination is is possible for
GAeA 70 detect symptoms Of almost any
dlsase with which the man might be
s~sflsring. No man is disqualified by
tAis first examination, hut many Of them
VIII sose threats 0r eyes, are sem to
NE detention barracks for a more thor
Uoh examination by the doctor, at a
letes time The percentage Of final re.
jeetlons has been very small, far small.
= b fact than any army officials be-
nsvod Il would be.
~
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Card Of Thanks.

W. wish to thank our many friends
and relatives for their kindness shown
us through the sickness and death Of
II daughter, Helen Thressa. p. C..
BECKS AND WIFE.
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that the 100000 bank accounts in the
country represent 100000 individuals
OF whom 100000 can afford to buy
Liberty bonds and ought TO do so.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-10-14
PREPARING SEEDED
FOR ALFALFA PLANT
Plant Cultivated Crop Year or
Two Earlier and Keep Soil
Well Conditioned.

(By NJ A. BEEsoN. Department Of As-
ronomy. Oklahoma A. and NJ. College.
Stillwater.)
In preparing the seedbed for alfalfa
you should begin a year or two before
you wish to seed by planting a culti-
Gated crop. keeping the ground we'll
cultivated and free from weeds. Corn
is good crop to precede alfalfa.
The critical period of alfalfa Is the
first six weeks Of the life of the plant.
The ground should be plowed early and
deep. 1t should be free from weeds
and as free as possible from weed seed.
It should be well titled. but firm up to
the surface when seeded. Fall seeding
in September without a nurse crop Is
considered the surest method to fol-
low However. II there is not a favor
able season and sufficient moisture in
the fail. you may SOW at corn or cot
Complaining time in the spring. From
12 to II pounds of seed per acre Is am
pie II the seed Is clean and strong.
When 1t Is sown with a grain drill
attachment, on well-prepared seeded,
and when sown carefully and not too
deep, from ten to twelve pounds Of
seed is quite sufficient. The seed is
small and does not need to be sown
too deep-just 50 you get 1t into the
moist dirt.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-10-14

old trees purchased from the nursery
are usually headed back the first year
and come with these first side shoots.
In such cases, they should be shortened
as above stated. The third year the
new shoots which are left to form the
main head Of the tree should be short
tened back to about 16 inches. At this
time II Is also necessary to remove
some Of the side shoots In order to
keep the growth from becoming too
thick. Pruning the fourth season Is
similar to the third. The shape of the
trees depends largely on the pruning
which Is given the first four years, so
the work should be carefully done. Az
ter the fourth year there is not much
need to shorten back the main
branches unless one has grown much
longer than the rest. In such cases. in
order to preserve the shape Of the tree.
they should be made as nearly even as
possible. All the pruning after this
consists mainly in keeping the tree
thinned out and also dead and inter
fering branches removed.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-10-14

disposition to talk humorously over
old times with her old friends. in
Guiding her brother and sister. and q
sort Of dismayed acquiescence in the
smoky seriousness. the inadequate
civilization. Of the city of her birth.
Toward Rose herself. the contessa
was. one might say. studiously affec-
tionate. She avoided being either dis
agreeable or patronizing. Rose could
see. indeed. how she avoided 1t.
About this time the question where
Rose and Rodney were going to live
after their lease on the McCrea house
ended. had begun to press for an an
swer. October first was when the
lease expired. and it wasn't far from
the date at which they expected the
baby. They spent some lovely after
Moons during the days of the emerg-
ing spring. cruising about looking at
possible places.
This was the situation when Har-
riet took hand In ii. 1t was situa-
ton made to order for Harriet to
take hand In. Shed sized il up at
a glance. made up her mind in three
minutes what was the sensible thing
for them to do. written a note TO
Florence McCrea in Paris, and then
bided her opportunity to put her idea
into effect. To her Rose was simply a
well-meanins. somewhat inadequately
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-10-14

somewhere. or In q fat, 80 that you
will be free; and I can work-be some
sort of help"
"You can wash the dishes and scrub
the floors" he supplemented. "and I
can carry my lunch to the Office with
me In q little Tin box" He looked at
his watch. "And now that the things
reduced to an absurdity. let's 60 to
bed. It's getting along toward two
O'Clock"
You don't have to get to the ONCE
oil nine tomorrow morning." said
Rose. "And I want to talk 1t out
now. And don't think said any
ching that was absurd"
Il shouldn't have called 1t absurd"
he admitted after . rather long 3D.
tence. But It's exaggerated and un-
necessary. Next October. when the
lease on this house runs out. we can
manage, perhaps. to change the scale
4 little. There you are! Now do stop
vorryinx about IT and let's 90 to bed"
But she sat there just as she was.
esr,Ls ss ~ dying Ore. her hands
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-10-14
Low-nEADED TREES HANDY FOR ORCHARD

Plant trees but one year old. You
can head them as low as you desire,
and In these days Of spraying We must
have low-headed trees. and low heads
are better In many respects. The stems
are soon shaded and protected from
sunscald; they do not blow over so
badly. and In sleet storms In winter
the ground catches the limbs before
they can break. They are SO easily
harvested that many large orchardists
are now planting only this kind. The
illustration shows how small a tree
can be planted and how lOwly pruned.
The first pruning Of the apple should
be done when the tree is one year old.
Cut back to within two or two and
one-half feet Of the ground. he'young
tree will then throw out small shoots
from the ground up. When these are
two or three inches long. all should be
rubbed of except from five to six Of
those near the top. which are left to
form the head of the tree. The sec
ond pruning consists in cutting these
back to about twelve inches. Two year
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-10-14
CHAPTER XII.
The Door That Was 70 opee


What a silly little idiot she'd been
not to have seen the thing for her.
self! She'd been. all the while. beat
ing her head against blind walls when
there was a door there waiting to
open of itself when the time came.
Motherhood There'd be a doctor
and a nurse at first, Of course. but
presently they'd go away and she'd
be left with a baby. Her own baby !!
She could care for him with her own
hands. feed him-her Joy reached an
ecstasy at this-from her own breast
That life which Rodney led apart
from her. the life into which she had
tried with such ludicrous unsuccess
to effect an entrance, was nothing to
this new life which was TO open before
her In few short months now. Mean
while. she not only must wait
she could well afford to.
That was why she could listen with
that untroubled smile Of hers to the
terrible things that Rodney and
James Randolph and Barry Lake and
Jane got into the way Of hurting
across her dinner table. and to the
more mildly expressed but equally
alkaline cynicisms Of Jimmy Wallace.
Jimmy was dramatic critic on one
Of the evening papers as well as bit
Of a playwright. He was a slim. cool.
smiling. highly sophisticated young
man, who renounced all privileges as
an interpreter of life in favor OF re-
naming an unbiased observer Of it.
He never bothered to speculate about
what you ought - d0-he waited to
see what you did
Well. in the light Of the miraculous
transformation that lay before her.
Rose could Listen undaunted to the
tough philosophizings her husband and
Barry Lake delighted In as well as to
the mordant merciless realities with
which Doctor Randolph and Jimmy
Wallace confirmed them She wasn't
Indifferent to II all.
"Jim's pretty weird when he gets
going" Eleanor Randolph said to Fred
erica, on the next day after they had
been dining at the Aldriches'. but that
Barry Lake has a sort Of surgical way
Of discussing Just anything. and his
wife's as bad.
I'VE never got of women all the
evening. Barry Lake had their bis
tory down from the early Egyptians.
and Jim got OF a string Of patholog-
ical freaks. And then Rodney came
out strong for economic independence.
only with his own queer angle on 1t,
Of course. He thought 1t would be q
fine thing. but II wouldn't happen un-
I'll the men insisted on it. When q
girl wasn't regarded as manageable
unless she had been trained to q trade
or q profession, then things would be-
gin to happen. I think he meant 1t.
too.
"weIl. and all the while there sat
Rose. taking 1t all in with those big
eyes of hers. smiling to herself now
and then; saying things. too. some
times, that were pretty good. though
nobody but Jimmy seemed to under
stand, always. just what she meant
They've talked before. those two. But
she was no more embarrassed than
as II we'd been talking embroidery
stitches"
So far % extefnals went, her life.
that spring. was immensely simplined.
The social demands upon her. which
had been % insistent all winter.
stopped almost automatically. The
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-10-14

An application Of fertilizer often means
the difference between a good crop and
no fruit.
For the first two or three years after
setting the trees, two or three rows Of
any of the low-growing crops can be
grown between the rows Of trees.
Grain should always be avoided.
Leguminous cover crops. sown regu-
larry, will take the place Of a large
amount Of the fertilizer necessary for
the orchard. Sow them in September
and turn in early spring.
Pruning carefully every year will
prolong the life and increase the value
Of any fruit tree.
The diseases Of the trees and fruits
are very numerous. The only method
Of controlling them is by spraying
regularly every year.
The best varieties should always be
selected for the orchard. Select them
in such manner as to provide fruit
the entire year.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-10-14
WEED SEEDS ARE SELF-S0WN
Some Of the Most Numerous Are Rag.
weed, Snapdragon, Dock, 6arnyard
Grass and TumbleNeed.

Thousands upon thousands. millions
and millions Of weed seeds are self
sown each summer, when these weed
pests are left undestroyed. Some Of
the most numerous Of these seeds
are the ragweed, snapdragon, dock.
barnyard grass. lambs quarter. plan
tain, thistles and tumbleweed.
Their growth next year means more
labor In the cultivation Of crops.
not only for ourselves. but for our
neighbors as well. A little extra
hard work In keeping such plants
from seeding this year will save
us and our neighbors much labor
next season. We know this to be
true. Of course. but sometimes We
put OF cutting weed pests too long.
Strange how fast the pesky things
do grow and 60 to seed
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-10-14

lying slack in her lap. all as II she
hadn't heard. The long silence irked
him. He pulled out his watch. looked
at II. and began winding II. He mend
ed the fire SO that 1t would be safe
for the night; bolted a window. Ev-
cry minute or two he stole q look at
her. but she was always just the
same. Except for the faint rise and
fall Of her bosom. she might have
been a picture, not a woman.
At last he said again. Come along.
Rose dear"
It'll be TOO late in October" she
said. That's why I wanted to de-
eide things tonight. Because we must
begin right away" Then she looked
rp into his face. 1T will be too late In
O-tober." she repeated. unless we be-
gin now"
The deep. tense seriousness Of her
voice and her look arrested his full
attention.
"WhyI" he asked. And then. Rose.
what do you nean?"
"we're going to have q baby in
October" she said.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-10-14
CHAPTER xl-Continued.

But she went steadily OF You
tonight-oh. Rodney II Her
silly, ragged voice choked there and
stopped. and the tears brimmed up
and spilled down her cheeks. But
she kept her face steadfastly turned
to his.
That's what said about being
married and not sowing wild oats.
suppose" he said glumly. 1T was
Joke. Do you suppose I'd have said it
Y I meant it,"
TT wasn't only that" she managed
to 60 on. ut was the way they looked
at the house; the way you apologized
Tor my dress: the way you looked
when you tried to get out Of answer
ing Barry Lakes questions about
what you were doing. Oh. how
despIsed myself! And how I knew
YOU and they must be despisinS me-"
THE one thing I felt about you ali
the evening"" he said. with the pa
tience that marks the last stage Of
evaporation. was pride. was rath-
er crazily proud Of you"
"As my lover you were proud Of
me-" she said. But the other man
the man that's more truly you-was
ashamed, as I was ashamed. Oh. II
doesn't matter! Being ashamed won't
accomplish anything. But what wen
do is going to accomplish something"
"What do you mean to do?" he
asked.
Il want you TO tell me first" she
said. "how much money we have, and
how much we've been spending"
II don't know" he said stubbornly.
II don't know exactly"
you've got enough. haven't you.
Of your own / mean. there's
enough that comes In every year, TO
live on. If you didn't earn a cent by
practicing law? Well. what l want
to do. is to live on that. l want TO
live, however and wherever we have
toto live on that-out in the suburbs
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-10-14

COMES ADcHs PROSPECT
M0THERHooD-BUT
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-10-14
INFORMATION PICKED
UP IN THE ORCHARD
Paying Proposition for Every
Farm - Any Of Common
Fruits Grow Successfully.

II the tops Of your trees are nipped
by excessive vvid this winter do not
chop down the trees at first sight.
Wait until the leaves start, prune of
all dead " ood and cultivate the ground
thoroughly This will put new life in
your trees
Some people seem to think that in
order to spray their orchards they
must have big twO-horse outfit and
pay out lot Of money to start. Moth
ing Of the kind! An orchard of 100
trees can quickly be sprayed by bar
rel sprayer set on a sled, drawn by a
single horse.
Scraping out the dead wood and fill
ing the cavity with cement will be the
means Of saving valuable trees that
would otherwise be destroyed by rot.
We cannot paint peaches a nice lus-
trous color without a liberal use Of
potash.
Plow the peach orchard In the spring
and keep down the weeds and grasses
until September. then sow rye or GRIM
son clover to plOw under next spring.
Elevated sites are desirable for
peach orchards; some of the oldest
peach trees are on the tops Of hills.
The application Of too much fresh
manure stimulates an unhealthy growth
Of wood and leads to winter killing of
many OF the peach buds.
A few mulberry trees set out around
the fruit orchard will divert the atten-
ton of birds and afford a wIndbreak
for the fruit trees.
Poultry and plum growing make a
nice combination for the small grower
who wishes to make use Of his pOul-
try yards.
The human eye Is the great fruit
buyer and we must put our fruit up in
neat attractive packages IL We care to
obtain the best prices on the market.
A small orchard Is a paying PROPOSE
ton for every farm. Fruit raised at
home is better than that purchased
from some other mans farm or from a
fruit stand.
Any Of the common fruits grow sue
cessfully on almost every farm. Ap-
Piles, pears, peaches. plums, cherries
and grapes should be the principal
fruits.
The orchard should be on an ele-
waited location. 1t is not wise to set
trees In q ''flat." In low places late
frost often kills fruit.
Soils should be carefully selected for
the orchard. Select soils best suited
% the fruits planted.
Prepare the soil thoroughly before
planting. The best method Is to break
as deeply as possible and follow with
the harrow In order to pulverize.
1t Is always best to purchase trees
direct from q reliable nursery that IL
Inspected regularly BY state onicials.
1t is not desirable to deal with agents
Trees are propagated principally by
budding and grating. Seeding trees
are undesirable, as they seldom pro-
duce good fruit.
When planting trees, remove all In
jured limbs and roots. Holes In which
trees are placed should be large enough
to allow the roots to take natural posi-
tons.
Trees should be cultivated regularly.
They respond to good treatment as
well as any Of the cultivated crops.
Trees will not do well In poor soil
without Q liberal supply Of fertilizer.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-10-14

civilized young person, the beneficiary,
through her marriage with Rodney. Of
a piece OF unmerited good fortune.
When she got Florence McCrea's s
answer to her letter. she took the
first occasion to get Rodney of by
himself and talk a little common
sense into him.
what about where to live. Rod
ney?" she asked. made up your
mind about it yet? 1t Is time someone
with a little common sense straight
ened you out about this"
Harriet couldn't be sure from the
length Of time he took seeing that
his pipe was properly lighted. wheth-
er he altogether liked this method Of
approach or not.
Common sense always was a sort
of speciality Of yours. SIS" he said at
last. land Strengthening out. You
were always pretty good at it." Then
out Of a cloud Of his own smoke.
Fire away"
"Well. in the first place." she said,
"if you had your house today you'd be
lucky IL the paint was dry and the
thing was fit to move into by the FIRST
of September"
"But we've got to get out Of here,
anyway. in October. And that means
we've got to have some sort of place
TO get into. 1t Is an awkward time.
Ill admit"
"No. you haven't" she said. "You
can stay right here another six
months, If you like. I've heard from
Florence. When I found how things
stood here. I wrote and asked her If
she'd lease for six months more II
she got the chance. and she wrote back
and simply grabbed at It."
Rodney smoked half way through
his pipe before he made any comment
on this suggestion. This house isn't
just what we want" he said. I'm the
first place. it's expensive"
Harriet shrugged her shoulders.
picked up one Of Florence's poetry
books and eyed the heavily fooled bind
ing with q satirical smile before she
replied.
I'D an idea there was that In It."
she said at last. Freddy said some
thing. Rose had been talking
to her" Then, after another little
silence and with q sudden access of
vehemence: "You don't want to 60
and do q regular fool thing. Roddy.
You're getting on perfectly splendid
ly. But II you pull up and 60 to live in
a barn somewhere and stop seeing any
body-people that count. I mean"
Rodney grunted. you're beyond
your depth. SIS" he said. "Come back
where you don't have to swim. The
expense isn't q capital consideration.
I'll admit that Now 60 on from
there"
THAT'S like old tines" she Oh
served with q not ill-humored grim
ace. II wonder II you talk to Rose
IKE that. Oh, know the house Is
pathG solemn and absurd. It's Flor
ence herself all over. that's the size
Of e But what does that matter 1or
six months morer
He pocketed his pipe and got up
out Of his chair.
There's something In Il" he Cd
nitted. It'll think n over
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-10-14

ri m law a In
u p y a pa the he
o III a for f. " lie e
living usles social udshome
to 10 hin useful nd to Ia the pMut t tphy ne md he %
he same wa himself e to in to
lie real e t
pro
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-10-14

Knowing that they havs plenty
os money 70 raiss twins properiy
why should Rose resent the fae<
inst shs hos besn prevented With
two hables instead Of o0e7