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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-10
Wyoming Banks Transferred.

WASHINGTON, Sept l0.-Wyom-
ing banks OF the federal bank system
have been transferred, effective Septem.
Der 80, TO the direct jurisdiction OF the
new Omaha branch OF the Kansas City
reserve hank. Heretofore Wyoming
banks have reported directly to the
Kansas City reserve bank.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-10

give people Of this part of Oklahoma
an idea 'of what the flag stands for
that they could gain in no other way
Extension Of trolley and in,erurban
lines to the camp would naturally fol
low, as would countless other improve.
menls iniall lines.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-10
Whenever You Need q General Tonic
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves TasteleS
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because /, contains the
well known tonic properties of QUI-
NINE and IRON. Oc.-Adv.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-10
For Training Purpose.

From the enormous acreage required
il is thought the government in,epds to
use the tract for artillery range and
training in this department Of service.
Heavy guns with range OF twelve to
seventeen miles would require camp OF
that sire. II would be the largest train.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-10

We asked the Young lady actoW the
way II she had studied the events ot
the war sctlaiim and she said she GER
h'n'y wouldn't do i, any other wsy
ABOUT 4.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-10
GIGANTIC TRACT
OF LAND NEEDED
BY Government
CONTINUED From Psoe ~

CONTINUED From Psoe ~
way so use OF the tract would not inter
fere with food production The location
could not be more hcakhful, especially
{Ax xllhle1 fiaininn
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-07-27

harrow confines of Welton which came
out in Bellows tipped the balance de-
cidedly in his favor.
Cropsey was only a clerk in a de-
partment store. To be sure it was
the largest, most important shop in
town: but that was not saying much,
and did not cut any figure compared
to a professional career il a large city,
for Bellows had taken a law course
and intended TO practice his profess
sion.
Before leaving, Bellows had asked
the girl to wait till he got started, and
he would come back for her, and she
had promised. A very small diamond
flashed on the third finger of her left
hand.
Then came the first great sorrow Of
her life. Her father died. When his
affairs were settled, it was found that
financially things were in bad shape.
There were two younger children, and
Jessie decided that she must do some
thing to help with the family income.
1t was here that Tom CrOpsey came to
her aid. He secured for her position
as cashier in the store where he was
employed All through the trying days
of her fathers illness, and the sadder
days that followed, he had been a
faithful and considerate friend, though
he knew now he could be nothing more,
and the mother and children welcomed
his coming as though he were one OF
their own. Mrs. Faber began to wish
Jessie had chosen the man she had
learned to respect and to regard almost
with q mothers tenderness, but the
girl was sti1l unwavering in her de-
votion to Bellows, who wrote frequent
letters of affectionate regard.
Jessie had worked steadily for six
months, and when she was given her
vacation, decided to visit a friend IN
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-07-27

formerly was a terror to every driver
because of its steep grades and It's
ruts and rain-gouged holes. Now ii
is a fine new highway, as fine as any
mountain highway in Europe, and
crosses the backbone of the Hoosae
range In the olden days its formida'
BILE hill, with grade of % per cent on
one side and II per cent on the other
offered many difficulties to even the
most powerful automobile. d
Now, however through the expen'
diture of 100000 by the state, this
hill is avoided by sweeping semicir-
Gle at low grade. 1t is beautiful
road, with shallow stream ripping
over stones and pebbles, and deep
pools picturing the tree-covered slopes
of the hills. 1t skirts broad ponds,
passes over concrete bridges, crosses
divides" winds through forests and
along the sides of deep gorges, and is
continually bringing into view new
scenic delights.
Where Grover Cleveland Fished.
From Lee, too, it is easy to reach
the birmingham valley one of the most
beautiful of the many valleys in the
BerkShireS. 1t was the summer home
of Richard Watson Glider, and where
Grover Cleveland spent many a sum-
mer in the enjoyment .of the trout
and pickerel fishing which this re-
gion affords. There is tradition that
birmingham was the place where the
white man first learned the manufac-
ture of maple sugar, being initiated
into the secret by the Indians.
If one wishes to visit wild country
go to Bear-TOwn mountain. 1t was
! famous at one time as the residence
of Levi Beebe, the weather prophet,
| and here also lived Colonel Jackson,
the Revolutionary soldier who wrote
the articles Of capitulntion at Sara
toga and at Yorktown which were
signed by Burgoyne and CORVALLIS.
To StOckbridge is a pleasant drive
and an interesting one, for here may
| be seen the "Ice Glen" in which there
| is @ deposit of ice the year round;
also Laurel hill, upon which the first
village improvement society was es-
tablished. Stockbridge was where the
first industrial school in America was
started; where Jonathan Edwards
preached and wrote his Freedom of
WHIP; where Cyrus w. Field lived
when he planned the Atlantic cable,
| and where David Dudley Field the
jurist, and Supreme Court Justice
Field lived.
1t contains a monument the like of
which is to be found nowhere in Amer
| ica-a monument erected by white
men in honor of the red men. Stand
ing on the heights which are crowned
by this monument a beautiful view of
the Housatonic river is obtained, as
| it winds among the meadows of Stock
| bridge.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-07-27
GOOD HUM0R is CONTAGIOUS
Petty Vacations of the Day Disap-
pear Quickly If Met With
Smile or a Laugh.

'Nothing in the world is so con-
tagious as good humor." 1t may cost
little effort to keep oneself
good-humored in the midst of all the
petty vexatiOns that occur daily, but
if one has the habit of making light
of these trif1ing annoyances, half Of
them will disappear. The annoyance
will be but for a moment and cleared
up with a smile or a laugh. Permit
ting these small vexations to take hold
Of your spirits is a mistake, says the
Milwaukee Journal. They wear out
nerve and temper and bring permanent
frowns to the face They impair good
health. They unfit one for present du-
ties which must be performed in a
cheerful, genial frame of mind. Work
done in a resentful spirit never reaches
perfection. 1t misses the finer per-
sonal touches, which one gives when i'm
hearty, free, genial humor. Giving
way to vexation takes from courage
and self-cOnfidence, and this is evident
in ones work. Then make an effort
to keep cheerful, whatever the little
aggravations may be. The more you al
low yourself to be disturbed by trifIes,
the greater they will appear to you
and the more of them will possess
you. "Those who make us laugh are
great" If you try to seem happy you
help yourself to become so.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-07-27
TOAD FRIEND or GARDENER
Little Creature Should Be Coaxed to
Stay, and Is Always Well Worth
Its Keep.

When in your gardening you come
across a toad, don't cry out against
the ugly thing" and drive it away.
A toad in the garden is worth its
weight in gold. Treasure it; coax it
to stay. Toads are easily tanned and
love to have their back scratched. A
little gentleness and patience, and he,
will allow you to pull weeds or hoe
around him without being alarmed. A
toad looks stupid and one can scarcely
call it beautiful, but if one watches
it closely he will find much TO interest
him. Watch it a while and you may
see a long, slender tongue thrust forth
sect has disappeared. There is moth
ing, unless it be a garter snake, that
will destroy so many harmful insects
in SO short a time without doing harm
to anything else. Most persons prefer
the toad to the snake, but no harm
is done if you keep both in your gar
den patch. Encourage them to live in
your garden. Observing their ways
and realizing the good they do, you
will learn to feel kindly toward these
creatures so generally despised.
Man is dependent on creatures usu-
ally considered useless by those who
fail to think deeply. Without the
birds which some thoughtlessly kill,
and these still less considered reptiles,
fruit nor grain nor any green thing
would rosper.-Milwaukee Journal.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-07-27

better But there another which
the the necessity conserving all
the transatlantic service
readily
the transpo ton %
that the the government should
be mi TO
be of
they would be ready for France
better field service
the jolly
nurse with everready smile be in
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-07-27
Test IF
the Metal
~
BY George Haskell
BY George Haskell
Copyright. by w. G. Chapman

"Tm going TO branch out. This one
horse town may be well enough for the
old settlers, but it's NO field for fell
low with bigger IDEAS
Arthur Bellows tossed his cigarette
over the rail of the piazza upon which
he was sitting and looked extremely
sure of himself and his future achieve
ments. He was young, good looking,
fashionably dressed, and the girl in the
broad willow chair sitting near him
seemed to regard him and his pros
poets with the same favorable esti-
mate.
Tom CropSey, at the other side of
the porch, about the same age as Bel
lows, less prepOSSeSSing in appearance,
but with a strong, honest face that in
vited confidence, looked at his more
dashing rival, and said quietly: swell,
Welton is growing. l believe it's 60
ing to be some town."
"Maybe in a hundred years or So"
laughed Bellows. eff you want to stay
and grow up with it, all right"
The girls laugh, and agreement at
this remark cut in bit with CrOpsey,
but he let neither of them see the hurt,
answering in the same unruffied way
81 don't think it's going to be quite
that long. But if l find myself grow
ing up ahead of the place, and getting
too big for the town, l can get out into
more roomy pasture. It'll be time
enough then"
"You might be too old by that time, "
said the girl, Jessie Faber by name.
eff it takes me that long to find it
out, yes" he answered.
1t wouldn't have taken a very close
observer to have noticed that the two
young fellows were both considerably
in love with Jessie Faber, upon whose
piazza they were sitting in the early
June evening, each wishing the other
several miles away. Hitherto they
had received from the girl about equal
encouragement. and did not know very
surely just where they stood in her
regard. This was because Jessie her
self did not know She had for some
| little time been trying to decide. This
evening the enterprising spirit, and the
| determination to cut loose from the
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-07-27
Fellowship and Service.

Fellowship with Christ must ante
date service for Christ. Our friend
ship with the Master is the secret Of
our activity for the Master. To know
this atmosphere of personal commun-
ion with him is the highest culture of
which the soul Is capable.-Donald
Sage Mackay.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-07-27

will be
two ONE o
said he had assisted
public service
military the
mobilization
oft other doing
the alth
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-07-27

are seeking jobs but the women are
applying for hundreds of newly Gre
ated positions in the various govern
ment branches and taking the places
vacated by men who have been or
will be called to the cOlors.
Already Washington was a city of
women. The percentage of women,
according to the census of 1910, was
larger than in any other large city
in the country. The figures demon
strated that then there were 91.3 men
for every 100 women. The prediction
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-07-27
Prsnaredness.

''Why doesn't your aunt come down
stairs. Bobby? Did you tell her Mr..
Catchit was here? What is she sc
long about?"
"She is doing just what the Ger.
mans are doing, ma-she's straighten
ing out her false front"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-07-27

New York city, ut the Willard. There
are in all directions vistas and visions
of surprising loneliness and beauty
The view from the capitol across the
Potomac to the blue Virginia hills is,
in my opinion. uneQualed. Much has
been said and written of the beauty of
Paris, the City of Mexico, Florence,
Italy, and Constantinople, Washing
ton surpasses them all.
''There is one blur, however, on
the landscape. The fenced-in botanical
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-07-27

Grounds e an evesore long that an English visitor
b on, His friend supposlng he jestng replied that It's
ol slacted
send the beggars the
is around Jail and
~ t 70 thousands matcess fountain presented
tbe nation sculptor who designed ana cast e
to York haroor
,rson wall in opinion, should vanish overnight
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-07-27

he
of his predcamen hailed the lighter and he got him with his
o n a
than
he before
coincidence
the
which animal is really reckless
his
you absorb story, a
of
think of their swim
ming o o occasion"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-07-27

camp for intensive reducing, has re-
Gently put the question up to the
women's committee of the Council OF
National Defense.
Fat at the front-that is the bat
tie fronts considered a serious
handicap, in the view of women.
Nurses to be most efficient should
be no more than properly plUmp;
there is no necessity Of their being
perfect thirty-sixes, but when they
are forty-seven or forty-eights that is
Zoo ,,,,,ab ResidoS tho smaller sizes
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-07-27
Women DispIacing Men in the National Capital

federal departments and private in
of being with them Few men
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-07-27

Li1o OhS, IoI IHSJuHCe, WHO mas lOuHu
u champion in kindly big brother,
named Man:
while sitting in Stanton park
early Sunday morning last a squirrel
ran down one of the trees near the
park fountain, and after first trying
to get water at the hose connection
near by, he failed to satisfy his thirst
and thereupOn made for the fountain
q Itself and dashed over the wall of the
basin into about a foot of water.
He followed the wall of the
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-07-27
FenCed-ln Botanical Grounds Mar the Landscape

Mar HEN behold livery to
OF
ate ATTACHMENT Greek had for the ocrowned city,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-07-27
Many Reasons Why War Nurses Should Be Slim

UGGESTIONs kind being received daily by the
nurses the
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-07-27
Squirrels Thirst Almost Cost Animal Its Life

E7y ASINGToNH country
~
that prode
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-11-23

NUT NduIl 80 IVA tNdtiO
ward! kurram Khan the Dakitar!"
lance to either hand shut off more
light than do the Khyber walls. The
mist, too, was growing thicker. 1t was
time to make move.
King rose. "Pack the mule and bring
my horse!' he ordered and they hur-
ried to obey with alacrity born of new
respect, Darya Khan attending to the
trimming of the mules load in person
instead of snarling at another man. 1t
was very different little escort from
the one that had come thus far. Like
King himself, it had changed it's very
nature in fifteen minutes
They brought the horse and King
laughed at Them calling them idiots
men without eyes.
ST am Kurram Khan, the dakitar, but
who IN the Hills would believe lit
look now-look We and tell me what Is
wrongs"
He pointed to the horse, and they
stood in a row and stared.
"The saddle?" Ismail suggested. at
is a government arrficer's saddle"
"Stolen !" said King, and they
nodded. "Stolen along with the horse"
"Ayew
shorten those stirrups, then, six
holes at the least! Men will laugh al
me if I Ede like British arrficer!"
"Aye!" said Ismail, hurrying to obey.
SNOW" he said, gathering the rein3
and swinging into the saddle, "who
knows the way to KhinjanT
(Which of US does not?"
"Ye all know it? Then We all are
border thieves and worsei No honest
man knows that road Le9d on, Darya
Khan, thou Lord Of Rivers! Forward
marchI"
So Darya Khan led the way with his
rifle, and Kings face glowed in ciga-
rette light not very far Behind him as
he legged his horse up the narrow
track that led northward out of the
Khyber bed. 1t would be long time
before he would dare smoke a cigar
again, and his supply Of cigarettes was
destined to dwindle down to nothing
before that day. But he did not seem
to mind.
"Cheloh ~ he called. forward, men
of the mountains Kuch dar nahin
hair
"Thy mother and the spirit of fight
were one" swore Ismai just in front
of him, stepping out like boy going
to a picnic. "She will love thee Allahl
She will love thee! Allah: Allahr'
The thought seemed TO appal him.
For hours after that he climbed ahead
in silence.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-11-23
CHAPTER TX.

King repacked the loads, putting
everything back carefully into the big
leather envelopes and locking the
empty handbag, after throwing In
few stones for IsmaiPs benefit. Then
he went to sit in the moonlight, with
his back to a great rock and waited
there cross-legged to give his brother
time to make good retreat through
the mist. When there was no more
doubt that his own men, at all events,
had failed to detect the lieutenant, he
put two fingers in his mouth and
whistled.
Almost at once he heard sandals
come pattering from both directions.
AS they emerged out of the mist he
sat silent and still. 1t was Darya Khan
who came first and stood gaping at
him, but Ismail was a very close Sec
ond, and the other three were only
little behind. For full two minutes
after the man with the sore stomach
had come they all stood holding one
another's arms, astonished. Then
"Our sahib-King sahib-where is
hep" asked ISmail.
Gomez
Even Kings voice was so completely
changed that men who had been reared
amid mutual suspicion could not recOg-
niZe it.
'sBut there are his loads! There is
his mule.'
Here is his bag!" said Ismail,
bouncing on it, picking it up and shak-
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-11-23
(TO BE CONTINUED
4ailstorm Insurance in Germany.

Hailstorm insurance is more extern
sively carried on in Germany than in
any other country. Curing the last
45 years the German hail insurance
companies have collected the enormous
sum of 1,144,799,000 marks (mark--
23.S cents), in premiums, and have
paid out 902, $4,000 marks Ia indemni-
ties. During the year 1915 the COM
panies realized a profit of 7,999,975
marks, which was much in excess of
their average earnings, and the bust
ness Of the year showed an ircrea~S
In insured values of 404,000,000 markas
Scientific American.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-11-23

after my heart! Hee-yee-yee! God
preserve me TO see the end of this
This one will snow SPORT Oh-yee-yee-
yeei''
King watched the faces of the other
four men. He saw them slowly waken
to understanding of what Ismail meant
by worker OF spells" and magic in
the bag" and knew that he had even
greater hold on them now than Vas
minis bracelet gave him.
Ma'uzbillahI" they murmured as Is
mails meaning dawned and they recog-
nized a magician in their midst. May
God protect u.s."
MAY God protect mel have need
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-11-23

afterthought, instead of his chief rea-
son, ''if her special man Rewa Gunga
is Hangar, and is known as a Ran
gar throughout the Hills shall / not
the more likely win favor by being a
Hangar too? If l wear her bracelet
and at the same time am Hangar.
who will not trust me?"
"True!" agreed Ismail. "True! Thou
art a magician ~
But the moon was getting low and
Khyber would be dark again in half an
hour, for the great crags in the dis
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-11-23

ing it. "It rattles not as formerly !!
There is more in it than there wasi"
His two horses and the mule are
here" said Darya Khan.
did I say he took them with him?'
asked the hakim, who sat still with his
camel He left me here in charge
Should he not leave the wherewithal to
make one comfortable. since / must do
his work? Hah! What do I see? A
man bent nearly double? That means
beliyAche! Who should have belly
ache when I have potions, lotions,
balms to heal all ills, magic charms
and talismans, big and little pills-and
at such a little pricei SO small a
price! Show me the belly and pay
your money! Forget not the money,
for nothing is free except air, water
and the Word of God! I have paid
money for water before now, and
where is the mullah who will not take
fee? Nay, only air costs nothing
For a rupee, then-for one rupee !
will heal the sore belly and forget to
.be ashamed for taking such a little
| fee -
''Whither went the sahib? Nay
show US proof! ~ objected Darya Khan ;
and Ismail stood back pace to scratch
his flowing beard and think.
''The sahib left this with met" said
King, and held up his wrist. The gold
bracelet Rewa Gunga had given him
cleaned in the pale moonlight.
'MaysGod be with thee ~ doomed all
five men together.
King jumped to his feet so sudden
ly that all five gave way in front of
him., and Darya Khan brought his rifle
to the port.
"Hast thou never seen me before?'
he demanded, Selling Ismail by the
shoulders and staring straight into his
eyes.
'Nay, I never saw theer'
''LoOk again!"
He turned his head, to show his face
in profile.
"Nay, I never saw theer'
"Thou, then! Thou with the belly
| Thou! Thouw
! They all denied ever having seen
| him.
SO he stepped back until the moon
shone full in his face and pulled off
his turban, changing his expression at
the same time.
Snow look"
''Ma'uzbillah! GMay God protect
us y"
"Now We know meW
"Hee-yee-yee % yelled Tsmail, hug
ging himself by the elbows and begin
ming to dance from side to side. "Hee-
yee-yee! What said I? Said I not so!
Said not this is a different man?
Said not this is a good one-a man
of unexpected things? Said I not there
was magic in the leather bag? I
shook it often and the magic grew !
Hee-yee-yee! Look at him! See such
cunning! Feel him! Smell Of him
He is a good one-good!"
Three of the others stood and
| grinned, now that their first shock of
surprise had died away. The fourth
man poked among the packs. There
was little to see except cleaning
teeth and the white of eyes, set in
hairy faces in the mist. But Ismail
danced all by himself among the stones
of Khyber road and he looked like a
| bearded ghoul out for an airing.
"Hee-yee-yee! She smelt out good
one! Hee-yee-yee! This is a man
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-11-23

Comes the big adventure for
Kino-he arrives at the entrance
to kinjan caves and learns he
must prove he has slain an Eng
Iishman before the guard will
admit him.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-11-23

Of the world Capt Ahelsan
service ordered
NEE Kinjan
said by to be preparing for
Delhi King quietly foils
Yasmn after him. He meets
who she has already north
Isma Afrd be-
He OF Yasmns
hmen him. trucking the Hangar into going
a time He his
brothe at Masjid