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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-24
Men Here Will Go
To New York Camp

Within the five-day period after July
%, local board ON. will send the fol-
lowing five men to the recruit camp
at Syracuse, N. Y The men are quail
fled for limited or special service
Thomas II. Coley, Thomas II. Cook,
Fred L. Taylor, George ii Moss and
James L. Pitts.
Sometime in the near future this
same board will send seven men to the
University of Texas. Camp Malery, for
instruction as automobile mechanics
The men TO be sent are George b. Arm
strong, Clifford NJ. Cressler, John A..
Richardson, Douglas Nichaels, Henry
Biggs, Oscar s, Keely and Edwin {.
bergman
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-24

and elsewhere to the north with un-
varying success. Just north of Mont
dider the French have struck a new
blow. It's success was startling even
from the meager accounts so faB re-
ccived.
Deeper Strategy.
Some observers believed the new at
tack was a minor operation, designed
to hold the German reserves to that
front Others saw deeper strategy be
hind both British efforts in Flanders
and the French and British local
thru,ts in Picardy
The allied reserves on the Aisne-
Marine line now have the advantage OF
interior lines. 1t appeared possible to
some officers here that the next few
DAYS might see an allied assault on
both sides OF the Picardy front, deliy-
cred with the purpose OF forcing Ger
man reserves TO rush back around the
point Of the Compelgne salient from
the Asne thealcr
SO far as future American partici-
patton goes, General March has already
disclosed to members of congress the
fact that offensive operations against
the enemy on a large scale had been ex-
pccted TO be undertaken later in the
year
In making his statement Mr. Baker
would not say what changes in draft
ages were now contemplated The mat
ter was stll under study he said
-w.s.s. s.s.--
One Of the largest billiard parlorS in
Altoona, Pa, is owned and managed
by women.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-24

Application will be made later this
month for membership in the fed
eral reserve system. This, how
ever, will not affect the banks
status as state bank. Three new
directors also will be chosen from
the personnel of the banks stock
holders at this time.
The officers of the Southwest Re-
serve Bank are rapidly building
one of the strongest financial in
stitutions in the city, founded on
true personal service. Accounts
of every nature are solicited and
appreciated.
The business man who demands real
banking service and personal at
tention, or the individual who
carries only a modest checking
account will find at the South
west Reserve genuine business
like service, coupled with the
hearty friendship and co-opera-
ton of it's officers.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-24
HOW TO REMOVE CORNS
AT Home
Ecu Can Remove Them In Your Own
Home Without Pain or Danger.

Many people knowing Il is both
painful and dangerous to cut corn
or calus continue to suffer from them
not knowing how easy it is to get rid
OF them.
You can remove them in the privacy
Of your own home without pain or
danger Simply get a small bottle Of
Cactus Corn Compound at any drug
store, and paint the corn with il. u
a few days the corn will come of
without any pain, and no sore feet to
interfere with your work
A bottle ot Cactus Corn Compound
costs only a few cents and is enough
20 take off dozens of corns. Full di-
rcctions come with each bottle. ANY
druggist will refund your money il
YOU are not satisfied. (Adv)
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-24
ENGLAND HAS NOTHING
ON OKLAHOMA, THOUGH

LONDON, July 3-(Correspond-
encc OF lhc Associated Press High
grade whisky is becoming scarce in
ENGLAND At a county fair the other
day a tidy sum was realized by charg-
inC one shilling a sniff at a bottle OF
prc-war Scotch.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-24

owing to tho general apathy, busy sra-
son for farmers and the loss OF voters
called to war service. Very few voter,
have registered in the supplemental
registration, July l7-24. Candidates
who have no opposition cannot appear
upon the ballot should registration fall
short
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-24
Fifteen Years Ago.

Fifteen Years Ago.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Johnson's hos
piiable home has again been opened to
a party of house guests, Mr. and Mrs.
!. II. Johnson OF Galveston, Texas.
They will make an extended visit
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-24

A skin that is rough, Redeemed,
blotched or dishgured by eczema, sore
spots, or other eup,ions, needs at
tention.
Let Resinol Ointment help you to
ge, rid Of these annoying, unsightly
affections OF the skin.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-24

One Of the largest billiard parlor' in
Altoona. Pa, is owned and managed
bv women.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-24
REPUBLICAN APATHY
MAY KILL PRIMARIES

Republican candidates for county or
district offices must have 1850 votes in
the primary in order TO have their
names appear on the ballot at the gen
eral election, which seems impossible
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-24
Old Stories
dzzNeW.'h4pe 2
Ioor Zze Zn1eS LTYLeS
Twenty Years Ago.

NNHA1 NhAH hhNs
John Niceley has about completed
the compilation OF city directory. Dr.
Niceleys data is correct and complete.
Henry Asp OF Guthrie was in the city
yesterday.
r NJ. Richardson jr departed yes
terday for Folsom, N. NJ, where he will
be Joined by his brothers, Dab and
Win, who will make the trip by wheel.
Mrs. I. NJ Richardson will also go 10
Folsom where they will all stay during
the hot weather.
Fifteen Years Ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Johnson's hos
piiabe home has again been opened to
party of house guests, Mr. and Mrs.
J. II. Johnson OF Galveston, Texas
They will make an extended visit.
Mrs r. B. Ragon extended her hos
pitality to sixteen guests at the O'Clock
luncheon and afternoon bridge given
Thursday which was the regular day
for the club meet.
Ut lulllUtOU ldNlt was tlltNllNNlN
done in NaSmrtIumS and sweet peas
which were piled in large cut glass
bowls and looked retreshingly fresh
and sweet
Mrs Jasper Sipes and daughter de-
part this morning for Salt Lake City,
visiting cnrouie principal points of in
tcrcst IN Colorado.
Miss Mccoy Of Guthrie is the house
guest OF Mrs. Halscll
Ten Years Ago.
Mr. and Mrs Barron G. Housel have
taken up their residence at 228 East
Sixth street while their parents, Mr.
and Mrs W. /. Payne, have taken
possession of their new home at Four
tccnth street and Robinson aycnuc
Mr.. and Mr., T. II. Roger, enter
tanned Mr. and Mrs Ernest Crawford
and daughter Marguerite, at a o o'clock
dinner at the Country club last eve
ning.
Mr. and Mrs. w. w. Juden and their
guests, Mr. and Mrs. L. ]. Albert Of
Cape Girardeau, Mo, will spend the
week at Lawton, going over tomorrow
Mrs James Herbert Wheeler of Kan
sas CITY is visiting her friend, Mrs.
4. 1. Welsh.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-08-11

comes to a gate and crosses small
stream and from that point on the
way is bordered on either side by tall
and rugged locust trees. whose
branches interlace, weaving an ar
cade of leaves above the road. Soon.
set in a big garden planted with old
time shrubs and flowers. The path
from the lane to the front porch Is
fringed with chrysanthemum bushes.
1t is a beautiful old place. The house
looks bright and new. but under the
modern withdrawing are oak
beams that were rough-hewed from
trees that stood on the site OF the
house. The joists are mortised and
pegged Such nails as were used in
the building were made by a black
smith, who had his shop on the farm.
In colonial days and before very many
Americans , were thinking OF setting citing
Lahesville. 1t was so-called because
a branch of the Maryland Lane fam
lily had taken up land there. Some-
times 1t was called 1.-The halfway
house." because 1t was halfway be-
tween Alexandria and Winchester.
and this fact shows that houses were
not numerous In that part OF Vir-
Lane became the wife Of Benjamin
Bridges. They inherited the property
and ever since then 1t has been the
Bridges place."
The Bridges family. which came
from England, reaches back to the
beginnings of Virginia. The Rambler
believes that Bridges creek, In West
the first Of the Washingtons settled.
was named after this family, and
that Is sufficient evidence that the
Bridgeses owned land on that creek.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-08-11

had as children: Converse, who lives
on a farm adjoining the ancestral
home; Alice. who lives with her
brother, and Mollie, who married
Walter Hummer Of Cedar Spring
farm. near Sterling. This good wo-
OF Richard Dorsey Bridges. who was
the first son Of Benjamin Bridges (2)
and Lucy Elgin, and who is the hus-
band of Mollie Shumate, are Robert,
Elizabeth. Mary, who is Mrs Philip
Coleman OF Sterling; Ruth. who is
Mrs. Charles Ford Of Round Hill; and
Ada Irene; BENJAMIN q and Katha-
near Leesburg. The children OF BEN
jamin Bridges (3), the son Of Benja-
min Bridges t2) and Lucy Elgin, and
who married Miss Alice Palmer. were:
Bertha. who is Mrs. C. e. Nelson Of
washington; Frank. who lives in New
ton; Lewis, who ives In New York. and
who is now in the Army, and Bernice
who is dead.
Playing about the garden in the
sunshine and among the flowers when
the dusty Rambler strayed into that
old home was a pretty little girl. She
will be three years old In September
and her name is Ann Katharine Mel
son, daughter of Bertha Bridges and
c. II. Nelson and great-great grand
daughter of that Benjamin Bridges
who married keturah Lane, and
whose ancestry no doubt goes back to
the Bridgeses who owned thu land on
Bridges creek where the great grand
father Of George Washington settled.
In the census of 1883 the following
Bridgeses appear among the Virginia
three in family. STAFFORD county;
Joseph Bridges. four in family, Fred
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-08-11

times public road-a road with many
gates along its course-is one of the
historic roads Of Virginia, which. Of
course. entities 1t to be classed as
States. 1t was one Of the highways
between east and west bng. long be-
fore the building Of the turnpikes-
the Georgetown and LeesbuIg. the
Alexandria and Leesburg and the Lit
tie river pike-in the early part Of
the nineteenth century. This older road
along part Of it's course has been
obliterated, along other parts Of its
course it is q private way and along
still other parts Of its course 1t con-
tinues to be q public highway. One
comes upon stretches Of this ancient
road at unexpected places. and after
disappear in q field or woods or. meet
ing another and newer road. 1t will
yield the right of way and vanish.
But miles farther along in the coun-
try you may come upon another Sec
ton Of this same old road. still en-
gagged in its work Of guiding way
farers between points east and west.
Turning at the letter box east along
the ancient lane. the walk is between
wide fields on each side. Then one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-08-11
Germany's Case.
ID REPRESENTATIVE KAHN said In

ID REPRESENTATIVE KAHN said In
IN Washington the other day:
"In the German reichstag Secretary
Kuehlmann has been thanking the
neutrals for their courtesy and kind
ness. Germany is now in position
where she's grateful for kind word,
no matter how gruffly 1t may be
spoken.
"Germany is like the lady who sang
.Juanita' at the concert. She sang 40
badly that she was interrupted with
n yolley Of catcalls and boos, but in
the midst of the tumult man yelled,
fiercely:
"Order! Order! Give the old COW
q chance!
AT this the lady burst into CRATE
full tears.
"Oh,' she said, I'm so glad to see
there's at least one gentleman in the
house,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-08-11

Several years ago the Rambler. writ
ing Of his travels over the ancestral
Washington lands In Westmoreland.
said:
1.-THE house in which Lawrence Washington
and his sons and daughters live today. though
about four miles from the site Of the house In
which George Warrington was born, is consd-
erably neArer what 10 believed to be the site
Of the house erected ON these lands BY the
first Washington to settle in Virginia. Through
the Warrington lands low two creeks-Pcpes
creek and Bridges creek. They empty into
the Potomac river about a mile and . half
apart. George. Washington in his lifetime
made many references to the Popes creek
farm and the house on Popes creek, and 1t
should be remembered that the monument
marking the site Of the house In which George
Washington was born stands In q Geld In
which cows graxe and In which groves Of
cedars are now springing up. and that not far
away-a hundred yards or so-bluffs drop down
to the quiet waters of POpes creek. which 10
wide at this point--its entrance to the Po-
tomac.
'In early annals many references may be
found to a Washington homestead on Bridges
creek. This stream like Pope's creek. rises in
the woods Of the northern neck Of virginia
along the watershed which divides the now Of
streams from the Rappahannock and the Po-
tomac. 1t 10 believed that the hrst Of the
Washington homes stood ON some high land
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-08-11

back to the Bridgeses of I4anesville in
the Sugarland district OF Loudoun
county:
Benjamin Bridges and Keturah Lane
had three children. The hrst was
Benjamin (2) who married Miss Lucy
Elgin. daughter. Of Francis Elgin,
who lived q short way south Of Lees
burg. The second was Hardage, who
married Miss Margaret Lee. daughter
Of Alexander Lee. who lived near Ar
cola. in Loudoun. The third was Will
liam, who died young and was not
married. Benjamin Bridges (2) and
Lucy Elgin had MS children. Richard
Dorsey Bridges. who married Miss
Mollie Shumate Of Dalton, Ca: Frank,
who died without having been mar
ried; Benjamin Bridges t3). who mar.
ried Miss Alice Palmer. daughter Of
Thomas J. Palmer Of Daysville: Mol
lie Bridges, who died without marry
ing, and Irene H. Bridges. who lives
in the ancestral home today and runs
the farm. 1t Is her name, II. H.
Bridges" which the Rambler read on
the rural letter box at the cross
roads. Dorsey Bridges Is living near
Leesburg.
Hardage Bridges and Margaret Lee
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-08-11

overlooking the mouth Of this creek. Bits Of
crockery and ashes have been found there and
the vegetation indicates that habitation
1.-THE nrst Washington to settle in these
parts was John. who. in 1862. bought farm in
carly great landholders along the Potomac
river John Washington added TO- his hold
ings not only by subsequent purchases. but
Anne. In the ownership Of the land he was
succeeded at his death BY his son Lawrence.
who was succeeded by his son Augustine. who
family. Perhaps 1t was Lawrence or Augustine
other indication that the original Washington
Popes creek H. that the Washington family
burial ground is in an open field very much
nearer r., Bridges creek than popes creek, and Il
cemetery not far from the dwelling and often
within few steps Of the house"
X
The Rambler remembers that he
was directed on this theory that the
first Washington home was on
Bridges creek by John f. Wilson.
then the owner of the Washington
birthplace farm. That property,
which was named Wakefield by
subsequent Washington after the
death of George Washington, was
bought in 1886 by John f. Wilson
of Anne Arundel county, Maryland,
and given to his son, John u. Will
son, who married Betty Washington,
granddaughter of William Augustine
Washington. The last time the Rambler
was down that way Mr. and Mrs.
Wilson were both living and in good
health, but there may have been sad
changes since then. But now, to come
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-08-11
NRoM Sterling. q pleasant little
town in Loudoun county. about
two miles beyond the border
Of Fairfax. runs one Of those
red roads which are numerous

IN that part of Virginia. A section OF
this road is one of the main streets
VI the village. Perhaps 1t is the main
street of the village, but that state
Nent might do injustice to one other
road which leads into or out Of. Ster-
ling. according to the direction which
the traveller is taking. For about 200
yards from the railroad station the
red road leads southerly, paralleling
the iron tracks Of the Bluemont line,
and then turns east with slight in
clination to the north. 1t passes a
humber of the happy homes of Ster-
ling. the village schoolhouse shaded by
big trees and a little frame church
which stands back from the south
grove of pines and oaks. Farther on
1t passes between two cemeteries, one
an old cemetery on the north side and
the other a new one on the south side.
which the Rambler noted In his mar
etery the gravestones. with the daz-
cling July sun falling on them. stood
out in pallid luster, while in the old
cemetery the stones. gray with the
stain stains OF storms and years or black
choly in the shadow OF old oaks.
!. Half q mile to the east of the village
the red road crosses. close to Its
source, the waters of Cabin branch.
o small branch whose waters are
nealy always red, that being the pre-
gailing color of the soA Of the coun-
try-for this region is appropriately
called "the redlands of Virginia"-the
Soil being derived from weathered or
decomposed triassic sandstone. Cabin
branch tumbles its turgid current into
Broad run. . mile and q half to the
northwest. and Broad run, Joined by
Beaverdam run. flows away to the Pc.
tomac, crossing beneath the Leesburg
pike two miles west of Daysville and
three miles east of Mahala, and enter.
ing the great river two miles north
Of the pike and opposite that long bit
OF lowland called Selden Island.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-08-11

erick county; John Bridges. six In
family and Ave slaves, Charlotte
county.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-02-14

Evolution OF the Hut.

The conical hut of the reindeer
epoch, built of branches and twigs, sue
ceeded the cave. The main prop OF
these earlier huts was tree, around
which branches were fastened, the
spaces between the twigs being filled
up with rushes, turf, grass and clay.
Man was then able to cut wood with
stone axes, to combine various ele-
ments for the protection and defense,
and to become more powerful ag-
gressor in the animal kingdom. 1t
was Il step, and but a step, In ad-
vance. Then followed the third and
last period of the stone age, represent
ed by the cayernous dwellings con-
structed of gigantic monollthic stone,
and rooted over with the rough
branches and trunk of trees. The fam
Gus dolmens, cromlechs and similar gi-
gantlc structures of stone, hitherto
supposed to be the work of the Druids,
are now believed to be the remains of
the neollthlc age.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-02-14
HELPMEETS ARE NEEDED YET
Testimony Of suffraglst Plainly Shows
That Mere Man Cannot Do
Without Them.

There Is no use denying II, mister
man cannot exist without n helpmeet,
New York correspondent of the
Pittsburgh Dispatch writes. The wom-
en- themselves admit this much, but
they deny emphatically that they are
dependent upon the sterner sex. No,
indeed. 1t was over at the votes for
women headquarters recently that the
well-known and oft accepted theory
Of the dependency Of women upon
mere man was attacked.
Someone had volunteered the fear
that women will always be regarded
as weak and dependent as long as 1t
is necessary for friend wife to call
upon hubby to button up her waist In
the back or see If the hooks are all
tight or if her hat is on straight, and
II her hair Is oil over her head. The
very fact that man Is at all times able
to care for his sartorial self alone was
cited as an example of the varying In
dependence of the two. "But that isn't
always so," replied one Of the state
campaigners. "My husband went away
on campaign trip this summer for
two weeks and every single night he
had to wire me to ask where he would
be likely to find his pajamas."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-02-14
CONVENTION A SUCCESS.

F"iday afternoon Miss Mary Brady,
,dC iministrator under the national
ae Illustration at Washington,
aukee' headquarters are at Stevens
kesint, gave demonstration and talk on
the baking of war bread at the Pres
byterian church parlors. In the even
ing she gave lecture on the food sit
uation. Saturday afternoon she gave
another demonstration and talk. Miss
Brady came here on invitation OF the
City Federation of Women's Clubs and
the way she handled the matter showed
that the Federation made no mistake
in the selection Of food demonstration.
Miss Brady is native OF Liberty,
this county, and was formerly a teach.
er here. She is 'raduate from the
domestic science the Stevens
Point NoriNal anc IN domestic
science teacher at the Columbus high
school the past two years.
Out of long list Of applicants Miss
Brady was selected for food demonstrs-
tor some three months ago. She has
been very successful thus far in her
new field of activity. Those who knew
her best never doubted but she'd make
good
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-02-14
AMERICANS ONE GREAT IDEA
Happiness Has Principal Charm-The
People Are the Most ldealstlo
and Imaginative.

"The Americans are the most IDEAL
istic and imaginative people In the
world, and the most prosaic, because
like Wordsworth, the most prosalc of
poets, they believe In happiness, and
happiness to them as to Wordsworth
means 'mens sana in corpore sano;'
every one efficient In the tasks of mod
ern life, the least heroic of doctrines.
81 met young American poet, hand
some, and besides elated by winning
some prize or other for n poem. He
said to me In his arrogant way that
poetry Is by-product of life. Why, l
said, 1T Is life ITSELF Il don't agree
with YOU was all he condescended to
reply. This young man expressed the
American Idea.
II think the English dislike of the
ories, etc, through their long history
is because Of their poetlcal minds and
their preoccupation with personality
and Its freedom.
''The taste for scenery has this ad-
vantage over the taste for human ma
ture; the heart Is not bruised. Yet
since scenery Is never absurd as are
poor mortals, neither is there laughter
nor genial pity. We love scenery
principally because the feelings 1t GRE
ates are tranquil and easily controlled
so that we can enjoy our full measure
Of self-content; dealing with human
nature, the poet cannot be the supe-
rior person nor can he be proud."-
From the Letters of John Butler
Yeats,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-02-14
CIRCUIT COURT NOTES.

Finding, in special verdict that
both drivers were negligent, the jury
last Thursday afternoon practically
ruled in favor of the defendant, w. G.
Protz, sued by Henry Kiel for $3.50
damages to the Kisl car. resulting
from an automobile collision near Mish'
loot.
The case of contractor w. o. Bahr,
against the city Of Manitowoc, for a
bin of 81 800 for "extrss" on the Frank
lin street trunk sewer, was taken up
Monday and is still on.
City Atty. Ledvina and former City
Atty. H. F. Kelley represent the city
and Nash & Nash are attorneys for Bahr'
This is the last jury case on the ca
lendar. Court cases will be taken up
after this case, which will go to the
jury today.