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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-05-08

and laid OH the soft leaves Often
the cars are loaded in advance and
the train picks~Ahem up as il poes
down the line. Then the train runs
to the wharves at Santa Marta.
where the fruit is loaded aboard ship
by travelling belts which carry a
continuous stream of punches. The
hold Of the steamer has been arti-
fciall0 cooled to receive the.Aanasas
and an cven temperature Is NAH.
tained TIL the ship reaches its port
in the United States, or Europe.
The cutting of the banana stems" ("
as the lunches are called, has It's pic
turesque features. Sometimes the
plants may be from 25 to 30 feet
high and one who stands beneath the
huge green fronds feels as though in
some great Jungle. Often, too, the
leaves almost exclude the suns rays.
and, then again, especially if the
plants are younger or smaller. bright
yellow beams like golden bars flto-
through from the tropical sun. These
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-05-08
NGIAaIITNON M. WRIGHT.

sR-X[AsAHAs@<ASA I'VE WhtNhIs
AL hati TO the banana, king of
hfSfAl1d best Of foodsl In some
lASts Z Of South America men,
budncn and children live largely
y ban1nas They are the basis Of
hs food supply, like rice in India.
ften the people live almost ex-
lusively on them, especially in the
buntry districts. The banana. her
netically sealed in its golden case,
Domes as near being universal food
rs any food on earth. But the fame
If the banana has spread abroad.
There has reached Colombia a
pamphlet, entitled Substitutes for
Neat" published by Mayor Mitcheps
committee on food supply in New
York. The committee gives the ba-
iana q prominent place The report
Itates that: Bananas contain most
# the nourishment that meat does,
md If eaten with bread and butter
make an excellent lunch without the
addition of meat Most children pre-
Ter banana sandwiches to meat sand
wiches, and they cost less"
So much for the banana as a food
We all eat them. Government and
other official reports In France, Eng
iSnd and the United States exalt the
banana. Little can be added. Yet
few Of us realize the extraordinary
methods by which this perishable
fruit Is brought thousands of miles
from the tropics and sold cheaply
enough for any mans dinner pail
The bpnana we eat today may have
come from Central America or even
from Santa Marta in South Amer
lea. one OF the most picturesque cities
In all the American tropics, and rest
ng I'm the shadows Of the mighty
how capped Sierra Nevada mouh-
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-05-08

striking on the back of donkey will
often rake it seem ike a zebra, in
the distance. One understands how
ehe Royal Bengal tiger received his
stripes ii centuries Of hunting
Through the jiEgles. The oxen em-
ployed in the banana plantations ate
giant creatpresSs thieF Of hItl. and
deep Of ,sp6t1del, Ssssd. 1ften larear
Ahagsqui ki!sgsssfsA Iolstei1s, Al6ily
or thp-indiaiis dre Jf fgft complex
ion. short stature. with hugh shoul-
ders, narrow lips and greatly muscled
on the arms, thighs and calves They
carry the huge bunehes of bananas
as though they were toys
All the. bananas are ent grecY
While there are many different va
rieties Of the banana, the only one
grown commercially here is the Gros
Michel, which is considered the finest
favored Of all the forty or more DIFF
ferent kinds. .
The cutting of bananas is. of itself,
a fine art. 1t takes an expert to
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-05-08
NEGRO WHO BEHEABEl
WHITE GIRL, CAPTURED

Memphis Tenn. May S-L Per
sons negro, who late lastnight con.
tessed TO killing AntoInette Rappel. q
l5 year old school girl and then de
Caplating her body near hero sever
al days ago. it was said, today wa.
earoute to the penItentary at Nash
vile where he will be held for safe
keeping.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-05-08

tsin- of South America. Though less
Known than the Andes, these giant
peaks are scarely less picturesque,
for they rise to heights Of $4,000
feet above sea level. But wherever
it came from, from the time bunch
of bananas is cut until it reaches its
destination in the United States it
is shielded from the sun, from heat,
and from bruises and is protected
from the cold as it is borne from the
tropics into the chill of northern
winters.
Through the quaint little city of
Santa Marta, founded by the early
Spaniards. there pass every year
about six million punches of ba-
nanas. Bananas may he harvested
every day in the year. whenever they
are ready. For this fruit there is no
spring, fall, winter or summer. and
the fact that the supply can he
created has made Of banana growing
a gigantic industry, developed an i'm
mense mechanism to handle it and
converted thousands of acres of
waste land into fertile plantations.
Running out from Santa Marta is a
railroad line which passes through
the great banana fields. with spurs to
feed the main track II is about sixty
miles long. When banana steamer
Is about to arrive word is sent along
the line and the cutting begins A
man can cut from 200 to 800 lunches
Of bananas a day During the cut
ting the men work in pairs. One Of
them. called the "pullero," carries a
long sharp pole, which he thrusts
into the soft. juicy body of the ba-
mana plant about two-thirds Of the
way up. The upper part of the
plant. loaded down with he bunch Of
1aaanas, slowly topples over and is
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-05-08

Harry LeGore, captain Of the re
Gently disbanded Ya.e baseball team,
has declained one Of the most flat
tering offers yet made to a college
player by a major league club The
st Louis Americans offered lie Gore
two year contract at an annual sal
ary of $1,000 but the best infielder
in varsity ranks sent back the papers
with thanks Instead Of joining the
Browns lie Fore will devote himself
to coast patrol service.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-05-08
PHYSICIANS Of STATE
ATTEND ANNUAL MEET

Lawton, May with nearly SO
physicians from all parts Of Oklaho-
ma in attendance. the annuai meet.
Tag of the Oklahoma State Medical
association opened at Medicine Park
this morning The meeting will CON
true Wednesday and Thursday.
The association took under advise
ment plan of which ii is proposed
70 build a home for doctors" or club
house at Medicine Park.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-05-08
ROBBERS DANGEROUSLY
WOUND STATION AGENT


Bartlesyille, May S-A posse Of Of
'icers from Washington and Usage
Counties this afternoon are searching
Usage county southeast Of here Tor
two men who early This morning al.
tempted to rob S G Dodge, Missouri
Kansas and Texas railroad station
agent, al Nelagoney small town
west of here Dodge was shot in tie
abdomen and taken to a Bartesvlle
hospital where officials say his chance
for recovery is slight
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-05-08
EARLY MORNING FIRE
DESTROYS OIL TOWN


hSsoclaied Press
Ringing, May >S-Two blocks OF
buildings along the south side of Main
street at Writ an oil field town near
here, were destroyed by fire early to.
day. Thirty-five structures, incluc-
ing several important business houses
and en- dwellings. were swept by tlh
flames, tile total loss beng estimated
at $4,000, The fire started in q
restaurant from unknown cause at
. pi This is the fo1rth destructive
fire at Writ N eighteen meaths.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-05-08
t FORMER SLAVES LOSE SUIT
AGAINST THE Government

Washington May THE supreme
court today dismissed the suit brought
by former slaves and their heirs to
collect SGs772,SSS from the govern
ment for labor upon crops iu the
South IRON 1857 to 1868. The money
was collected as war tax on cotton.
The claim was made that the money
was due for work performed while in
state of involuntary servitude.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-05-08
LEADER NEWS|E
SERVES UNDE R.
7 HR { { F LAG 6.
MlJOR LEO CORkINS RE
Turns AFTER I YEARS
OF ADVENT RE

Twelve years ago 4 twelve year-old
hoy with lusty lungs ran along The
streets of Guthrie crying Daily
Leader all about the Serbian massa
ere"
lie was a husky newshoy too, and
sold lois Of papers He saved his
money
The boy was lionel Corkns, son
Of Al corkins then local agent of the
Santa Fe railroad. The boys all call
ed him Leo
Well its Major corkins" now
After army service under three for
elgn flags during the past four years,
Major Corkins has scqme home from
France on a nnHiy-day frlough TO
visit his parents at Oklahoma city
Today. Major Corkins with his
father, A J. arrived IN Guthrie TO take
the Scottish Rite degrees at the
Temple
Ho was spamndcd by his old
Guthrie friends and was Fept busy re-
lating talos Of adventure Major
Corkins was surgeon general in the
Department of North Mexico under
4uerta
When the woglds war broke in 1917
he went TO Serbia whore he helped
fight the typhus epidemic, with the
Seryian medical corps When the
little Seryian army was effaced Cork
ms went to France IN Serbia fo'
several months he lived on horse
meat and carrots Several millior
people there died of starvation.
Corkins was wounded in Serbia an'
suffered many hardships He was
decorated with the Order Of the White
Eagle by the servian government
Major Corkins is now in charge O.
the Lycee Buffoon, a base hospita
near Paris.
The entrance Of America into the
war changes the aspect OF things
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-05-08

the methods Of the modern world
Railroads, stores, telegraph and tele-
phone systems, light and power
plants, hospitals, schools and vari-
Gus forms cf agriculture and stock
raising are compliments to the in
dustry, Of all these features none
is more important than the gospel
q sanitation and healthfulness.
Here at Santa Marta is modern
American hospital with three physi.
clans, three American nurses and a
corps Of helpers. 1t is maintained
By the United Fruit Company. which
has here great areas in bananas, for
the benefit Of the employees Of the
company and Of the railroad which
transports the fruit At tAe present
writing there are 72 patients in the
hospital How badly hospital il
needed Is shown b. the fact that 95
.er cent of all the patients who 10.
there have hookworm. There are 60
ward beds in the hospital, which in
cludes contagious ward iThere IL
a dspensary, where III persons re-
ce've treatment In addition the com
pany has resident physicians and
daily clinics at other nearby points.
L takes big vision and an en-
lightened policy to engage in tho
banana industry on a great scale,
but such plan will command a suc-
cess that cannot be measured in
money alone. Throughout its tropi-
cal divisions in Latin-America tbs
United Fruit Company maintains
these hospitals and carries forward
great works of public sanitation at q
cost of several hundred thousand
dollars a year. AS result Of this
work the localities in which the COM
pany operates are free from Danger
GUS contagionR neA.f
I'D 4 - -. =. n
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As the windows 80 up in the spring
The death rate invariably goes down.
If each before his own door swept
Tho village would be clean"
The public-health car warren" Is
becoming increasingly useful and pop
ular
Worry interleres with the body
functions as carbon does in automo-
bile cylinders.
A little less meat and more fruit
and vegetables means both economy
and health.
Sensation Sc, l.eansr Went Pat
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Stand erect!
Quick lunches make slow lunera,
professions.
Heavy eating, like heavy drinking
shortens life
The best kidney renoyator" is just
plain, fresh, pure water
Not every one can achieve great
ness, but every one can be clean
The; hoe and the rake properly ap-
piled is the best spring tonic
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Sensation s44 Leadsr Went Pat
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-11
DOPE FIENDS
ARELESSENED,BY
new DRUG Law

The Harrison anti-drug law. which
requires that the sale OF all narotic
drugs be made upon registered pre-
scription, has greatly reduced the
number of dope fiends In this ter
rftory, according to Dr.. Richard G.
Aver, police and emergency hospital
surgeon. The law was passed BY the
federal government little over two
years ago. : - O.:
although there is still consider
able amount Of opium being used
among the Chinese here, the Hafrf
son law has been pretty nearly sue
eessful in eliminating the morphine
habit" sayssDr.s Aver.
"Tlle closing Of IWilei stopped quite
ar extensive Illicit traffic in drugs,
declared Dr.. Aver, "for In the dis
trict there we're many persona who
were addicted to the habit
Now that physicians are held re-
sponsible for the prescription OF
drugs, there is no use Of drugs that
cannot be watched by the federal ar-
thorities. All drugs that come into
the islands are watched by the offi-
ciaIs of the government and when
the records Of the prescriptions come
In they can check up on them.
"The law requires that the dope
be registered with the authorities
when IL enters the country. II any
physician wishes to have the priv
ilege of prescribing drugs he must
nay for It. At that time q book
Of stamped certificates u given to
him, so that when he prescribes a
drug to patient, he makes q record
OF it that goes to the federal authori-
ties. In this way the authorities can
check up on just where the dope Is
going.
"The dope that Is stiil obtained by
opium fiends In particular is snug
gled into the country" said DR..
Aver, 'tand with q constant watch by
the federal authorities even this Is
reduced although not entirely stop
ped"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-11
RED CROSS HAS
Done MUCH WORK
ON GARDENIa Isle
By BRIGGS

LIHUE. Kauai. July 10.-The Red
Cross Auxiliary has added greatly to
its membership during the pact few
weeks and has Increased substantially
its finances.
The tag day, held on sJuly Fourth,
met with q hearty RESPONSE % every
hand and all natiOnalitles joined n
making It success. The Jatanese.
Portuguese, Chinese and tIlfpinos
gave literally along with TIE rest ard
showed that they are eager 10 bslp IN
the cause.
Over five hundred paid for annual
membership on that day, and the total
collections amounted to over seventeen
hundred dollars. With the ether work
that the society has already done, and
10 now engaged In, Kauai promises %
make q fine showing. The sewing Il
conducted regularly and the ladies' Of
the whole island are contributing II
every possible way to meet the needs
Of the general society.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-11
ROIARIANS SHOW
PATRIOTISM WHEN
CONCLAVE MEETS

All. ANITA. GAVIN great pat
rIotic celebration ct Piedmont PARK
(e.fnrinr 4 nag raising and attended
80 fkousands n Atlantans as well a.
hundreds Of Rotarians already mere.
ire international Rotary formally usn-
cred ii IS Atlanta convention, which
WIN open business sessions.
TIE feature Of the celebration was
the singing Of the national anthem by
Chief eilvertongue, tuil-blooueo
HrnI Indian. brought to this city BY
ne Kansas City Roiarians. Some 15.-
600 persons joined IN the chorus.
Il was made evident IN an interview
1IVen ont here that. while this conven-
ron will be marked By all the enter
tainments and the spirit OF ioliity
that hare been present ct all other
conventions of the past, there viii oe
: very serious side. This was set
forth a the words Of Arch Klumps,
oresident of the international Rotary,
Who briefly sketched the work to DC
done here.
'sOur thoughts this year win not be
q uocn for The entertainment or
rotary q Cor the studying OF Rotary's
onnortunlfles 10 do service IN the
1rsecnt s7ar struggle he said We
come 20 Atlanta 70 do our best DIT
Tar the government ~ well as 20
.Srre fire-swept Atlanta II that help
= needed. Included n The war mea-
snres 20 be taken % By the conyen-
fIon win Be Red Cross work. Clubs
are doing their part al over the coun.
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and who could have kept q relay Of
servants on the run supplying them
with the things they had to borrow.
Nobody loves a dead beat.
Eleventh don't. Don't flirt with
your hostess husband, nor with her
sons, nor her brothers. It's a peculi-
arity of woman that even the most
heroic of them can't endure to see
the men they love making love to an
other woman. Wait until you get a
man out of his home and from under
the eyes Of his female relatives before
you get sentimental with him.
Twelfth don't. Don't make any un-
necessary trouble for the servants,
and don't withhold the tip from the
maid to whose burdens you are ad-
ding. Keep your own room tidy. Hang
up your clothes. Straighten up your
dresser, and be NOT sparing Of small
change to faithful Mary who hooks
you up, and obliging Eliza who pres
ses out your chiffens.
Chief among those who are never
asked a second time are those nickel
nursing guests who keep the maids
on a trot doing chores for them and
who think they have sufficiently re-
warded such service by handing out a
few words of thanks and a dinky
pocket handkerchief upon their de-
parture. The servants determine the
invitation list oftener than you think,
80 II you want to be popular guest
who Is much sought after, be not one
Of those whose coming makes Hilda
and Dinah threaten to give notice.
Thirteenth don't. Don't visit If you
are on q diet. II you cannot eat any.
thing from caviar to fried turnpike
rocks. stay at home. No hospitality,
no affection, no personal charm can
stand the strain Of having to cook
up separate messes for q food fad
dist. A guilty conscience and an up
set stomach are two things that de-
cency requires we should deal with
only In strict privacy, and so unless
you can follow the biblical Injunction
and eat what Is set before you and
ask no questions, either remain in
your own house or else 60 to hotel
where you can pay for the trouble
you give.
Fourteenth don't. And this is the
most important of all. After you have
visited IN q house, never forget that
NUNS the word. Never repeat what
you have heard. Never reveal what
you saw when the family skeleton cup
board door was left ajar. You have
eaten your hosts bread ana salt and
that makes them sacred to you.
Even the sayages do that and it,a
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-11

49, Harry Murray. superintendent OF
the water and sewer department, be-
sides being an expert on all matters
pertaining to the supplying Of the
citizens Of Honolulu with water, Is
also some swimmer
Sunday afternoon ne went down for
his usual dip at Waikiki and. not wish
ing to sojourn with the crowds in
shore, swan out several hundred
yards beyond the diving stand.
As he floated over the swells an
object further out attracted HIS atten.
ton and he swan towards it. but only
for a few strokes, however, for 1t
resembIed an octopus. and Murray
Immediately had pressing business to
attend to on shore. It's body Heated
on the surface and the tentacles could
be seen hanging down into the water.
The only thing he regrets, Murray
says, Is that no one was there to
time him.
Later In the day an outrigger canoe
found bag with ropes attached float.
ing near the same locality.
Many strange sights have been seen
along the beach at Waikiki and many
surprising costumes have made their
appearance, but what Is believed to
be the most original bathing suit yet
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-11

time for single meal. In novels
breakfast 10 always a movable feast,
and dinner appears as II by magic,
always perfectly cooked at any old
hour, but in real life It takes time
and trouble and forethought to get
meals together, and II you can't come
down to breakfast until q couple oil
hours after the ordinary time, and
II you keep dinner waiting until the
soup Is burned and the roast is dried
out, and the hostess, husband IL say
ing things, you may be very certain
that it's q sure sign you viii never
visit at that house again,
Seventh don't. Don't be wet
blanket. As o general thing you know
beforehand pretty well what you are
letting yourself In for when you 60
TO place, and 30, II your hostess Is
q golf fiend, don't 60 unless you mean
to play golf; IL she's keen on cards.
keep away unless You play a good
game Of bridge; II she's addicted to
picnics, stay at home, unless you have
O fondness for eating mushy pies and
have bugs crawl over you out in the
woods; II she is automobile mad say.
mo" n motoring gives you the neu'
ralgia When you accept an invita-
ton. you are In honor bound to do
whatever you are asked to do, and do
&c joyously and look pleasant. No one
has Q right to pose as the skeleton at
the feast. &c.,:
Eighth don't. And for PHYS sake,
1~,x,sSa...a orfa0Ua III
you are invited 20 sail on q cat boat
don't discourse upon what q perfectly
grand yacht the Croesus' have. II q
hay ride Il arranged, don't beguile
the moments by recalling drive you
once took on the box seat Of q four
IN hand. n q beer and sandwich sup
per a offered ron. don't speak of your
preference for terrapin and cham
payne. Make the people who are try
ing to entertain and amuse you feel
that you are having the time Of your
life. That's how you pay your way.
Ninth don't. Be sure not to give
your hostess too much Of your so
ciety. The conversation Of any hui
man being alive 10 best when put In
small packages. Go to your room and
take 8 nap. Read. Take solitary
rambIes. DO anything that takes you
out Of sight Of those whom you are
Visiting.
Tenth don't. Don't sponge. Provide
yourself with the things you are liable
70 need before you leavo home. There
are no other guests in the world 50
afflicting Is the borrowers. Take
along your own stationery and stamps,
your own toilet articles and sewing
things. There isn't q hostess who
hasn't been driven wild by the In
satiahIe demands cf girl guests who
had forgotten to bring along needles
and thread, and scissors and writing
paper, and stamps, and curling irons.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-11

Dorothy Dix's articles appear regu
larly In this paper every Monday
Wednesday and Friday. =,
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-11

women with continual colds In the
head, catarrh. sore eyes or any OF
he other hundreds Of small ills that
ere 20 easily caught are certainly
aerer objects to excite ones admira-
Don. Indeed, continuance Of any,
mall trouble affects the appearance
70 that the prettiest woman ceases to
Be attractive.
Take the ounce Of prevention
uethOd-keep the small troubles
away. Keep out the germs that bring
these petty ailments IL takes only
1 few moments to spray the nose and
throGt-to be exact It requires about
dirty seconds to spray both nose ana
throat and It should be done twice Q
lay. Colds In the head. sore throat,
catarrh, can be warded or By this
habit. The inflnitesimal germs that
collect In the throat passages win BE-
titled before they grow strong enough
70 work any harm.
Most germs enter the body through
the mouth. Many pass on to the
stomach, where tie blood takes them
up and spreads them through the
body. Keeping the nose and throat
passages free and clean win mean Inn
munity from many diseases.
The only beautiful woman II the per
tectly healthy one. II the body must
continually expend its energy 30 com
bat diseases, even unimportant ones.
Il win not have % much power to
create the fresh wholesome skin, the
arm rounded outlines, the large shin
lng eyes, the glossy thick hair, that
spell beauty 10 woman.