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The daily morning oasis., 1918-08-25
NO ONE ENTIRELY SATISFIED
Seems to Be Rule of Life That Man
Must Desire Things He Has
Not Got.

Wherever we are in this world we
want to be somewhere else. I have a
letter from country boy who wants
to live in the city, 'where things are
doing" / know his present setting: a
place where the needs and comforts Of
man are supplied with the slightest eff
fort. His placid, sun-baked village, in
its parklike setting, glimpses the ideal
lists vision of the perfect life in perfect
peace. All this seems to have palled
on the taste of the young man and he
yearns for the contentious, busy and
dirty city.
We all have visions of the peace and
contentment of the country; the scent
of the woods, the song Of the birds,
the drone of the bees, the roses, the
grateful greenery, and maybe a cow
bell tinkling somewhere. We have
sensed this all, perhaps, in vacation
time and thought it was paradise for
two or three days, after which we be-
gan to get homeSick for the city noise
and trouble. This is the goal men
speak of as desirable; peace, abund-
ance, Quietude-body and mind at rest
in natures setting-yet here is boy,
reared in this elysium, who wants to
get away from it and come to the
noise and dirt and selfishness Of the
big city.
Probably the utopia to which so
many of us aspire would not be en-
tirely satisfactory if we possessed it.
The quietude of a country place or a
country town is often very dull. There
are no daily sensations, no scandals,
no banner heads in the daily newspa-
papers to interest one.
The high spot in the day is when you
60 down to the post office for the mail,
or barter with the country store for
Goldfish and matches. The weather Is
the leading topic of conversation;
there are no very rich or very poor
persons in the community; the popula-
ton is, perhaps, at a cOlorless dead
level of mediocrity; there are no mil
lionaireS to fiaunt their wealth, no liv-
cried coachmen, no "airs," no aristoc-
racy or proletariat.
The rural conditions are what the
idealists seem to be driving at, yet
here is boy willing to give it all up
for the city Is it possible that ease
and contentment pail on the taste, and
that man is better satisfied when he is
meeting some discomfort and discour-
agement in the battle Of life?-Seattle
Post-Intelligencer.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-08-25
DECLARE HOUSE IS HAUNTED
British Lawmakers Positive They
Have Seen Apparitions In Famous
Parliament Buildings.

Those who do not believe in ghosts
will be surprised to learn that several
members Of parliament have sworn to
the presence of apparitions in the
house Of commons.
A prime minister, Earl Grey, de-
clared that he saw a deaths head APP
pear three times in front of him while
delivering his great speech on the in
PRODUCTION of the reform bill and G..
Swift MacNeil also swore that he saw
T. p. O'Connor sitting in his usual
place in the house, while at the time
the gentleman was in Ireland. Many
members, too, have seen the white
Lady" walking in the corridors of the
house.
The terrace ghost" has often been
said to appear. Another known as the
"Big Ben" ghost is stated to appear
when member of the royal family is
about to die. On December IS, 1861,
December 10, 1873, and January ID,
1892, 1t appeared as an old man row.
ing a little below Westminster bridge
in a rotten skiff and dashing into the
terrace wall just as Big Ben COM
menced to peal midnight. On the fol-
lowing days, respectively. the prince
consort, the Princess Alice and the
duke Of Clarence died. Guy Fawkes
and Spencer Perceval are also said to
haunt the house in the form Of ghosts.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-08-25

The ancients believed the world square; but tn
before horseracng became profession and practice.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-08-25

Gen. Carlos Plank, chief "La
Gendarmeria Fiscal" was at
Nogales yesterday, returning
to his headquarters at Magda-
lena, after an inspection of the
dethacments of his command at
Cananea and at border points.
The gentleman and officer in.
formed The Oasis that he found
everything in satisfactory
condition.
Today is election day, and the
people of the municipality will
determine by their ballots who
shall conduct their city's affairs
the year following September
10Th. Both parties, the Liberal
Democratic Party, and the Sc
nora Liberal Party, are putting
forth every effort to carry the
election and put in their nomi-
nees. Yesterday evening and
Friday evening, meetings were
held on behalf of each party,
one at the Hidalgo Theatre, the
other at the Cine Lux Theatre,
which meetings were attended
by the enthusiastic adherents
Of the respective candidates
In each there was given a grand
concert, the musical numbers
interspersed with speeches on
behalf of the ticket. Space and
time prevent publication of the
programs.
Mr.. Emiliano Temez, federal
Inspector of immigration at this
port, under whose jurisdiction
comes supervision of publica-
lions, has taken notice of the
fact that there is published in
Nogales, Arizona, a newspaper
that is fomenting discomfort
against the Mexican govern
ment and advocating the cause
of the Cabralistas, making rev.
dictionary propaganda; and Mr..
Temez has exercised his power
to exclude the paper mentioned
from circulation in Mexico, and
to notify merchants advertising
in it's columns that the displeas-
ure of the law will be visited
upon them. The offending
journal is named Mexico Libre.
It is noted that the American
authorities are secodning the
immigration inspector of Mexi-
co.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-08-25
URlantations.W

The word plantation is used princi-
pally in the Southern states, where 1t
originated in old slavery times to des-
ignate farm cultivated by negroes. as
a cotton plantation or sugar planta-
ton. In Maine it has a distinctive
meaning, representing a form Of gov
eminent smaller than township. In
that state most Of the functions of To-
cal government are performed by the
town or township. In addition to IL
cities and 396 towns, Maine has IS
plantations and 131 unorganized places
under the names of plantations, grants,
SURPRISES and cores. A surplus is a
small territorial division consisting OF
an irregular tract laid off by state
authority. A gore is triangular piece
Of land smaller than surplus.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-08-25
HOW SAILORS ARE TRAINED
Naval Academy at Annapolis Givea
Students Most Thorough Prepar-
alton for Their Life Work.

During the Civil war the Naval acad-
envy was moved to Newport, on the
historic Constitution, while its for
mer home at Annapolis was used as
a base hospital by the army, writes
G. FL. Foster in Scribner's. On the
academy's return to Annapolis, in
1865, Vice Admiral Porter, the super
intendent, instituted regular dances,
or "hops," and, most important of all
his reforms, the honor system, by
which midshipman's word was not to
be questioned.
He also encouraged athletics in
every way. In the presence Of a
throng of midshipmen he even boxed
with one Of them himself and allowed
1.-THE nose of the vice admiral of the
navy to be smartly tapped by his en-
thusiastic young opponent-to the
manifest glee of the assembly and to
the shuddering horror of the old navy
when it it learned of this innovation.
By the end of Porter's superinten-
dency, in 1869, the Naval academy had
worked out the system followed to the
present day. Since 1851 academic
work has not been interrupted by
three years at sea. Through drills
and summer cruises practical skill and
seagoing habits have been acquired
without sacrificing progress in the
theory and science of the naval pro-
fession. During their four years at
the academy its graduates have felt
its potent spell and have afterward
won honor for 1t and themselves. The
results achieved challenge comparison
with those Of any college, and have
made reputation second to none.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-08-25
NOGALEs, SONORA
A Budget of Interesting Items
from our Sister City Across
the International Line.

Yesterday Mr.. Isidor Hage.
nour, of the firm of May Bros.
at Hermosillo, was at Nogales
en- route to Los Angeles. He
went to Tucson yesterday eve.
ming.
Friday evening Mr.. Mondaca
of the firm of Mondaca, Verdu.
go & Co., returned from a bust
ness visit at Navojoa and Other
points on the Mayo river delta
where he describes business
conditions very good.
Yesterday there went to Her.
mosillo Prof. Gerardo Sisniega
who was a resident of that city
many years, where he engag.
ed in his profession of teaching
He is located now in the line
city, and will return home Mon.
day evening next.
Mr.. Augustin Contreras, agri-
2ulturist and a man of enter
prise located at Trincheras, IL
the Altar district, is in the line
city on business in connection
With the purchase of a lot Of
machinery necessary for hi:
agricultural operations.
Yesterday morning the trail
going south had attached thu
private car Sonora conveying
TO Empalme Mr.. J. T. Finley, as
sistant general superintendent
of the Southern Pacific of Mexi
co, whose return from Los An
ges was noted in these column:
yesterday.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-08-25

In the light of recent contempoaneous local events there
natural inquiry "Who will be made the goat?"
The daily morning oasis., 1918-08-25
New Copper District In Canada.

A great new copper district in Arctic
Canada is a possibility pointed out to
the Royal Society of Arts, London, by
w. Frecheville. The locality is east of
Great Bear lake, along the Coppermine
river, which runs north from about 65
degrees latitude to Coronation gulf,
and the area may extend as far east as
Bathurst inlet, and even to Victoria
island farther north. The first speci-
mems Of native copper were obtained
from the Eskimos, who were using the
metal in their primitive industries. Ex-
plorers have since reported finds OF
copper, and evidences Of large deposits.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-08-25
Movie Rainstorm Drenches
ElOpers.

1t requires no end of courage
to permit oneself to be catapult
ed out of an automobile as it
crashes into a pole during a
rian and thunder storm. Yet
three screen players in "All
Woman" 90 through that ex-
perlence as ea>Iy as though
they were t:kiay part in a scene
in a well protected studio.
1t is an elopement party that
comes to grief in the scene. The
machine is shown dashing
through the rain when sudden.
ly three persons, the clippers and
the chauffeur, all fall in a heap
on the muddy road as the auto
mobile is wrecked.
With two of her employees
Susan Sweeney (Mae Marsh) +,
braves the elements and drags
the drenched trio into the hotel
she owns. The clippers however
find their troubles have only
started after their clothing is
dried for Susan discovers the
two are not married. Learn
ing the address of the girls
brother, who, as it happens, is
a candidate for district attor-
ney, she telephones him, and
shortly after another automo-
bile is seen speeding toward
the hotel in the rain.
give seen some intense
realism in picture making" re-
marked Miss Marsh, "but moth
ing equals that automobile
smash-up in the rain. only got
a bit of a drenching, but it took
three hours to dry the clothes
of the other three"
Hazel Alden, the woman in
the scene, looks upon it as
though being thrown out of an
automobile in a rain storm was
an everyday affair.
81 didn't mind it much, espe-
cially after Miss Marsh hurried
to me with a cup of hot coffee"
explained Miss Alden.
Cali Woman" comes to the
Nogales Theatre Sunday, Aug.
Is.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-08-25
THE GREEKS ARE IN 1T.

In connection with the raising of the Greek Red Cross fund
Nogale have pointed question to whether the
Greeks fighting the Macedonian front unison with the
Allies probably of them recall the trouble that Greece
had prior the adicaon of King Constantine The Oasis
all nques that the Greeks all united the
of the Allies and according Reuter- despatch
the National Herald in New York. under date of August 18th
than 100000 soldiers the Macedonian front
with the the Allied armies and that is but onehrd of the
fighting strength of the Greek the other 0OO9
informed, being under mobilization.
Funds being raised throughout the United States for
this forwarded by cable daily the Red Cross directors
with the Greek Macedonia and they applied to the
wants and needs of those fighting for the democracy
Reed has declared that whip Germany
the United States must put into the field armies that will aggre
gate millions of That be DONE and perhaps the
senator wishes it shown. He is from Missouri.
When married is the second time in his pilgrimage
between the cradle and the grave that he clad
from the skin out" 81b
The ancents believed the world square; but that
before horseracing became profession and practice
In the light of
a natural inquiry. "Who will be made the goat?"
The daily morning oasis., 1918-08-25

When married it is the second time in his plgmag
between the cradle and the grave that he clad rament
from the skin out" -a3f 4
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-25
MRS. TEDDY JUNIOR
TELLS HOW WOMEN
MADE TROOPS HAPPY
MRS. ROOSEVELT WAS IN
CHARGE OF FIRST Y. M. c. A.
CANTEEN IN FRANCE

New York, Dec. 24.-lIow Ameri-
can women y. NJ. {. \. workers
changed unattractiye recreation
areas used for soldiers on leave into
popular Fairgrounds was told to-
today by Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt,
lr., who returned recently IRON
France after Il months service
there in charge OF the women at the
leave areas. Mrs. Roosevelt was the
first woman to enlist with the y.
NJ. c. 4. for overseas duty She
went over in June, 1917, and took
charge OF the first canteen estab-
lished in Paris.
when the authorities decided for
several reasons, the principal one
being that the men must be always
on call. that soldiers must take their
leave in certain restricted areas, the
men evinced the greatest 'ndigna-
ton and disgust Mrs. Roosevelt
declared. They chriStcned the
first OF the areas, which was AK
Les-Baines, Aches and Pains, and
were surely even when they LETT the
train there.
We went ahead and took entire
charge OF the place. We hjred the
casino and installed a canteen where
the bar had been, leaving tie brass
rail and the marble counter, there
for Old times sake. rhc haccarat
room was turned iu,o place tor
religious gathering, and other
rooms were fixed up as thcate"S aHd
libraries.
1--WE arranged excursions and PIC
MICS across the lake and into the
mountains bicycle rides, hikes and
fishing trips for the daytime and
shows. movies. concerts md stunts
for the evenings.
These first troops came direc;
from the front-lne trenches Whcie
they had been fighting only the
night before, and they were caked
with mud. They looked casually
about the town upon their arrival.
but when they saw what hal been
arranged 10. them, they hurried
awav to get cleaned up, refusing
to enter the building as they were
dressed. Within a day every man
had entered into the spirit or the
place and all We're plaHlng like
youngsters.
Mrs. Roosevelt does not expect
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-25
Observation-Disclosures
RETURNS THIRTY INDICTMENTS AND
SUGGESTS THAT THE WORK CONTINUE

audited by the state examiner and
Inspector, and it !, Impossible at this
time for this grand jury to report
upon the condition of those offices.
Must Sue on Bonds.
The grand jury demands that inso-
far as the excess charges and unaw-
full claims and dcliuquencics above
mentioned as to the offices OF coun-
ty commissioners, sheriff, the former
court clerk, secretary OF election
board and such others as the report
OF the state examiner and inspector
may show to be indebted to the
county suit for the recovery of same
be Immediately instituted by the in
coming board OF county commits
siopcrs and county attorney OF the
county upon the official bonds Of all
officers above mentioned.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-25
Texas Has Hard Blizzard

Dallas. Tex, Dec. 24-Thc wealth
cr over Texas was clearing today,
following a hard blizzard which was
especially severe in the northwest
crn part OF the state.
Heavy snow has fallen in the
Panhandle during the past "A hours
According to the United States
weather bureau, the temperature
here was % degrees this morning.
Amarillo and Dalhart were the
coolest places in Texas today, the
temperature ranging around 20 de-
grccs.
Livestock may suffer to some eN-
tent from the severe cold and snow.
Eleven Inches in Kansas City
Kansas CITY, Mo-, Dec. 24.-An
ll-lnch snow combined with street
car strike had Kansas City virtually
tied up this morning, but the local
weather bureau today announced
that the worst OF the storm was
over, and moderate temperatures
presaged an early relief.
Southern Kansas was buried be-
meath l5-inch snow and snow
ranging in depth from nine to y
inches covered the Panhandle re-
gion OF Texas, Oklahoma, western
Missouri and Arkansas.
Reports from southwestern Kan
sas and western Oklahoma give the
depth OF the snowfall at some places
as much as two feet. A stiff wind IS
piling the snow into great drifts
blocking railroads and highways.
Difficulty in feeding cattle and other
livestock probably will result IN
considerable loss.
Trains from the west and south
west were reported at the Union
Station here to be running from five
to IS hours late and about half a
dozen trains have been annulled.
Railroad service east and north OF
Kansas City is reported much better
Continued on page y
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-25
COUNTY CLERK

We find that the Office OF county
clerk during his present term, haS,
been ncgIigentIy administered, ana
many claims have been hled and
accepted without having been sign
ed and sworn to by the claimant,
and in this form, have been audited
and warrants issued theron. Ihat
n,many instances, parties nave APP
peared in behalf OF someone, other
than the claimant and IN the pres.
cnce and within the knowledge OF
the county clerk, has signed the
name OF the nominal claimant to the
claim and upon the race Oh lllc
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-25
Three Men Qualify
ToRun The County

office. Under tho Law they cannot
have a meeting until the first Mon
day in February. at which time their
organization will be perfected.
After administering the oath OF
office Judge Champion told them
they had big job before them but
he believed they would be equal
to the occasion. He told them they
wanted to forget they had to con-
slider anything others had done and
to attend strictly to what they have
coming before them. Commissioner
TAYLOR said one OF their burdens
would be that the people were 60
ing to expect much OF them. when
there would be nothing with which
to do the work for some time to
come.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-25
POPE BENEDICT FOR
LEAGUE OF NATIONS

Paris. Dec. 24.-MonSignor Ger
retti. papal under-secretary OF state
who called on President Wilson last
week, said today that his visit was
purely private and that he was sat
isfed with the results OF his con-
versation with the president.
Pope Benedict Monslgnor Cerret-
ii added. approve OF the principle
OF the league OF nations. The Vat
lean, he continued, has no precon-
ceived idea as to participation in the
peace conference or in subsequent
international conferences. 1t will set.
forth its opinions. he concluded, II
invited TO do so. Mousignor Ccrfet-
ii said he had no mandate to settle
questions which have been brought
forward
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-25
REST Of OKLAHOMA
APPARENTLY FELT
ONE BIG BLIZZARD
TWO FEET OF SNOW IN
TEXAS COUNTY, SEVERAL
INCHES ELSEWHERE
AND IN TEXAS PAN HANDLE
Heavy Fall in Northwestern Part OF
Lone Star State for "a Hours
Stiff Wind Piles Snow Into Deep
Drifts in Western Oklahoma,
Blocking Roads.

Oklahoma City, Dec. 2+.-Ok-
lahoma, in common with other
southwestern states, began re
covering today after the biz
zard which swept virtually all
portions OF the state last night.
A two-foot precipitation was
reported from Texas county,
while the snowfall in other sec
tions of Oklahoma ranged from
four to six and one-half inches
on the level.
The temperature in the Pan
handle district OF the state
reached 20 degrees. Early re
ports indicate that livestock in
that section suffered.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-25

Carter county again has a board
of county commissioners, to-wit: !:
Jeff O'Brien, ]. T. Taylor and
George Evans. The first named
was appointed by Acting Governor
Trapp to succeed G. w. Young. re
signed; ]. T. Taylor was elected
at the last meeting to succeed w.
f. Whitson and George Evans
Evans was elected to succeed Ben
Stephens. Both Stephens and Whit
son have resigned and the governor
ordered the men elected to succeed
them to qualify at once. the office
having become vacant.
This forenoon all three men went
before Thomas w. Champion. judge
of the county court. filed their
bonds and subscribed to the oath OF
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-25
Weather Forecast

Ardmore and vicinity: Tonight
fair, colder, temperation s to L;
Wednesday fair.
Oklahoma: Tonight fair, cold
er in east; temperature will be 4
TO 8 degrees in north, p to 4S
degrees over interior and south
portion, and 20 TO 81 degrees in
west.
Louisiana: Today cold wave
in southwestern portion.
Arkansas: Tonight, fair colder,
hard freeze with temperature 10
10 20 degrees in north, and 20 to
p degrees in south portion;
Wednesday fair.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-25
STATE EXAMINER AND
INSPECTOR

The work Of the state examiner
and Inspector in auditing the books
OF the county and in reporting the
conditions as the same have existed,
has been done in a busincsS-like i'm
partial and thorough manner, and
it is largely due to this department
and the efficient men acting under
its direction, that the grand jury
has been able to report to your hon
or the conditions as above outlined,
and we take this opportunity OF eN-
pressing our faith and confidence
in the integrity and efficiency OF this
lcnarlmcnt.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-25
FOUND THIRTY INDICT-
MENTS

The grand jury convened on
Tuesday December 10, 1913, and
has to date found thirty criminal in
dictments, and pending inycstiga-
tions OF the different officers 81 the
city and county. all the members
of the board OF county commission
crs, the county clerk and the mayor
of the city OF Ardmorc have resign
oil
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-25
Russ Staff Still in Berlin

Amsterdam, Dec. 2S.-While
Adolph Joffe. the Russian bolshe-
vik ambassador to Germany, has not
returned to Berlin after leaving
sometime ago by request OF the gov
ernment. the staff OF the embassy
is again in the German capital, ac-
cording to a Berlin telegram
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-25
SECRETARY OF ELECTION
BOARD.

We find that parties holding the
above Office have drawn in total
salary for the last calendar year the
sum Of $500, same being 5000 in eN-
cess Of the legal salary provided ior
such office.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-25
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

The record OF the tina' action ~
the board OF county commissioners
discloses that irregular lll illegal
claims have been allowed since July
/, 1917, exceeding S2OOOOO Ot
this amount exceeding S5OOOO is IL
LEGAL. and i'm our opinion recoverable
at su;t properly instituted therefor.
rhe remaining ,amounl-approNi-
matey S150OOO has been irregular
Nv n2id In this class is listed those
claims which were not properly
stoned and sworn to lv the
claimant. and also those claims
vhich we're not aoproycd hv duly
oualified county engineer when s.
s,red AGAINST the sfatc highwa; fund.
In many instances. the soInmis-
sioners have let contracts ior the
rcconstruction Of bridges. or the
purchase nj material without hay
mo advertised th,reto.. therchv de-
nr;,.;na fine tavoaycrs ON account OF
he hTncfit of the statute concern
ina, connective biddiug. wherein the
material labor or work done exceed
Cd tba sum nj $500 Thi, being true
,S to items If is impossible for the
a,r,nd ;,rors to annrisc the court
~ tho iose that has accrued to ,hc
ro,nt,. from th;s dcreliction.
Boards Midnight Session