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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-29

How about some OF that fine endivc
which makes such a delicious green and
salad food, asks today's bulletin from
the national war garden commission
Of Washington.
You can start endive in hot weather
when lettuce would hesitate to grow,
so plant the seed now. Have the soil
enriched with manure if possible, work
it up fine and cover the seeds half an
inch deep in rows Is inches or more
apart Thin the plants TO o or 8 inches
apart and give good cultivation to push
the growth rapidly so il will be tender
When the plants are nearly large
enough for table use begin bianchinT
them. This may he done BY raising and
tying the outside leaves loosely over the
top 50 the center leaves or heart will
be shaded do this when the plants are
dry. Or, if you have flower pots just
invert one over each plant to shade it.
Anything to cover and shade the plants
in this way will blanch them, but be
sure the plants are dry or they may
decay.
When frosts come give the plants a
thin covering OF straw or similar mate
rial to protect them for late fall use.
You can store eudive in a cool cellar or
coldirame for early winter use. Just
dig each plant with a good ball OF
earth and pack them closely together in
boxes set near a window in the cellar.
Water occasionally if necessary. If you
have a cold frame pack the balls OF
earth close together at one end and
blanch the plants as you want them for
table use.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-29
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FLYING TIME.

A LREADY summers growing old
~ great Caesar, how the weeks roll
on But yesterday springs kneli
was tolled, and now the summers near
ly gone. The sun, it makes a shorter
round, and early sinks, far in the west;
the wombat burrows IN the ground, the
warthog builds its winter nest. In other
days ! used to view the passage OF old
Father Tine with sorrow, for he made
me blue thought his hurry was a
crime. But now ! watch the bright days
flee, and murmur, when each day Is
done, We're this much nearer victory,
we're nearer wiping out the Hun. We're
nearer TO the dawn of peace, a peace
that's warranted to wear, when all the
booming guns shall cease. and thereW
be quiet everywhere. We're n day
nearer to the hour when crazy war lords
must confess that Uncle Sam is clothed
with power to r~e-estat,ish righteous
ness" The days 20 by-no holding
them | merely bless them as they fly;
about a million T. p, M. they seem to
make. as they whiz by. The ptero-
dactyl soon will soar to chimes more
suitable to him, and from this bleak,
lnclement shore, the megatherium will
swim. All signs betoken summers
death, the grass grows rusty or the hill,
and soon we'll feel the frosty breath Of
Winter, boisterous and chill. But eve
cry day that wings its flight brings
nearer to our waiting throng the tri-
umph Of eternal right, the downfall OF
internal wrong.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-29
Utilize Heat Over the Kitchen Stove

Utilize Heat Over the Kitchen Stove.
CRy Ellen l. Kelley. director. depart
mcnt OF household science, national wrr
garden commission, Washington, II. 60
There "a heated AR constantly rising
from the top Of the cookstoyc, and this
heated air is lust what is needed for
drying vegetables and fruits II there
is a shelf back of the stove paper may
be placed, and products to be dried
spread over it. A tray with sides two
inches high and bottom Of galvanized
vine Letting may he suspended OVER the
stove, WIRE or cords brought together
from the four corners making a con
venicut means OF suspension Wire
window screening may be used for the
bottom but it is not as durable as the
galvanized netting. A tray may be
made entirely of galvanized wire net
ting turned up at the sides and ends
two inches. A series, OF these, each
base raised about four inches above the
base below, may be fastened together
by strips of wood or wire and the whole
suspended. Write at once for a free
canning and drying manual which the
national war garden commission. Wash.
ington, will send you for 2 cents Il
cover postage. II contains many Illus.
trative drawings OF directions gwen.
A portable oven also makes a good
top stove drier. 1t can be easily turned
to distribute the heat, and the shelves
cap be shifted during the drying. The
commission will be glad to anSwc any
questions written on one side of the pa
per and sent in a SEN addressed stamped
rnveiOpe
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-29

which may be needed to win the war. Eliminating waste
is the easiest way Of saving, and the most sensible, and
the Tact that such thrift may reduce the profiteering Of the
garbage magnates who have feeced the city in times past
should be a new incentive. You may have no say in shap-
ing the new contracts, but you do have somewhat direct
control over your contribution to the supply delivered.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-29
Dog CAIrhera Rnru

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.-The dog
catchers of the Hoosier capital are on
their annual roundup Of hound owners
who have failed to make their deposit
with the city treasurer. w. {. Weeks
was their first victim and II cost him
Sll for not paying his dollar earlier in
The year.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-29
Lieutenant at 10.

ATTlCA, lndLRupert Julian, son
VI Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Julian Of Wi.
Transport, Ind. is believed here to bs
one Of the youngest, il not the young
est, commissioned officer in the United
States army. lie is not yet l9 and is
a lieutenant in the aviation corps. He
was preparing to enter Purdue u%niver-
sity when the United States declared
war and he Immediately enlisted in the
aviation corps.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-29

The death Of Senator Ollie NJ. James Of Kentucky, at
the age OF forty-seyen, is a loss to the nation OF a man who
had already proved his ability as a statesman and political
leader. His death in his prime cuts short a career which
might have gone far in the political field, and which was
brilliant and useful during it, too brief duration
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-29
CHICKENS WILL WIN THE WAR

IFfOm The TOtenu Weekly NeWsl
As "a discOvrror VIZ timidly admit that
We are II. We have discovered a sure
WY to win this war before crops come In
9apiu next year. II the government will
furnish us with "A few big airshipt and
come bold men TO navigate EN- We will
furnish a frw Totcau chickens that We
can scatter through Germany and guar
autcc that they viii scratch up eveFy liv-
INK thing that the Dutchmen put into the
ground and they viii do II while -thc
Nat Qpads ARE getting ready TO drive EN-
OF, =
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-29
OUR DISTINCTION

Nearly every chap We ken.
Journalists and business men,
Preachers. printers. farmers. too.
Doctors. lawyers. statesmen true,
Plumbers. butchers and the like.
Swcdc. Norwegian, Jew and Sikh,
Tel us when the war will cease,
lud the world viii he at peace;
our distinction. let us state,
Is that we don't know that date.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-29

1t is hoped, as yesterdays dispatches indicated, that the
Nogales battle was a flash in the pan, a tragic result of
petty local jealousies. America wants no trouble with
Mexico, and friendship is preferable to enmity Germany
would like to see us clash with our southern neiGhbor, and
that is one large reason why it must not happen.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-29

A Denver girl who sustained two broken ribs while
dancing with a soldier, should be willing to admit that
our army is well trained for rough stuff.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-29

The government wants people to use wood instead OF
coal. and a man should feel justified in buying his wife a
light ak, in order that she can more conveniently keep
the home fires burning.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-29

In his failure to support the new man power hill, Sen
ator Gore ran true to form And, having said that 1t
seems enough to say against any senator about the limit.
indeed, in the way Of indictment and disapproyal Why
dwell on an unpleasant subject?
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-29

Wanton murder was committed by the Huns in sink
ing the Lydiana's life boats, after that ship had been tor
pcdocd. but wanton murder is no novelty with those beasts
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-29
~,
II POSTwoMAN.
B1wph-

Ote-The postoffice department has
announced that women are eligible for
mail man may soon be u female woman)
Women soon will tote the mail
so postmen can fare forth TO fight,
And put the hated Hun to flight.
or meath the sod or safe In jail.
The postal chief devised n plan
For using women for the work
OF letter carrier and clerk.
And they viii do " II thoy can.
The streets are long and stcamiug hot
Who're they shall puck seed catalogues
And postal cards from dcmagoEues,
and groccfs' duns and other rot.
4 WcIrnty burden they will hear
Df loving letters 10y the pound,
And circulars which there abound
TO make IA tired postmun swear.
But gentle women are denied
such verbal form OF base relief.
SO they VIII mildly meet their grief
Aud smother II beneath their pride.
a rock, rond lg theirs to tread.
Eut lhcy will find a deal of JOY,
4 golden pleasure. sans alloy,
In what 10 men were dun rs lead.
For I'M this labor they win find
Who often heats from who and why,
And what the hillet-dOuN imply
TO their doductive framc OF mind.
And az they scan the postal card.
or note from gentleman TO maid.
or bills which are not often paid,
Their toilsome lot won't seem 80 hard
Just why old Doc Garfield should love
Oklahoma or other western states, T.,
noe .,,.r,vt iron, tho road hut tho fart
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-29

Perhaps you have also resolved to do
kicking about the cold weather next
winter.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-29

Germany has gone back so far on this latest drive that
it is about time for Won IIndcnburg to announce another
strategic retreat
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-29

{. G. Frost Of 800 East Seventh street
is suggested as a suitable su]perintend-
ent. in case the city decides to take over
the ice and cold storage business,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-29

Parents don't obey their children
as Well as the children think they
should, but they seem to be improv-
ing in that respect.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-29
Stories
MNeWH4pe
from lie Tines Mos

Twenty Years Ago

Miss Grace Williams OF Edmond ar.
rived in the city yesterday.
James A. Wheeler departed last eve.
ming for Denver to attend a convention
OF bankers.
The contract for the erection Of the
Frisco has been let ana work will be-
gin Immediately. Additional improve
mcntS in the plans have been made and
the building instead of costing 5000
will cost $3.50 and be one of the fin
est in the southwest. Some idea OF
what the building will be cah be had
by comparing it with the Choctaw. The
Choctaw depot cost 5000.
7. NJ. Richardson went TO Purcell
Yesterday.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-29

II women couldn't talk about each
other, the chances are they would
lose their reputation for continuous
conversation.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-29
Ten Years Ago

Ten Years Ago.
Col Bill Cross sailed yesterday on
the Queensland from New York for
EuTopc.
MSr, W c. Pitcher, l+ West
Twelfth street. and hers sister, Miss
Grace AInsworth, who has been her
guest. lett yesterday for Illinois to
spend some weeks visiting friends,
Mrs Charles Edward Johnson enter
tanned Mrs. Henry Overholser. Mrs.
George Spencer and Mrs NJ {. Miner
with a day at the Country club yester-
day.
Mrs. Horace Wilson has returned 10
Sapulpa after a visit with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Allen G.. ST. ct.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-29

Fifteen Years Ago.
Mrs. J. s., Corlcy and her 'retiy
quartet OF children arrived here We'd
nc,day after a summers visit at her
home at kirksville, Mo.
]. NJ. Mccartney and Miss liner
Slcrick Of Anadarko. spent Sunday
with Mr.. Arthur Miller and attended
the ball game.
Mrs. John II. Harris will entertain
the High Five club this morning at her
home at Eighth and Walnut streets.
Mrs. Hawk Of University Place en-
,crtained with a | o'clock luncheon
Yesterday honoring ler sister. Mrs.
Lyderly and Miss Ethel Coffin Of Al
bany, Mo.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-29
Fifteen Years Ago.

T. NJ Richardson went to Purcell
Yesterday.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-03-02
~ Got to Tell Margaret sumpthins."

When the boys closed the door upon
upon the floor and, for time, thought
fully chewed a patent-leather slipper
that had come under his hand. He
found the patent leather not unpleas-
ant to his palate, though he swal-
lowed only portion of what he de-
tached, not being hungry at that time.
The sOul-fabric of Vernan was of a
fortunate weave; he was not seeker
and questioner. When it happened to
him that he was at rest in a shady
corner, he did not even think about a
place in the sun. Verman took life
as it came.
Naturally, he fell asleep. And to-
ward the conclusion of his slumbers,
he had this singular adventure:
lady set her foot down within less
than half an inch of his nose-and
neither OF them knew it. Verman slept
on, without being awakened by either
the closing or the opening of the door,
What did rouse him was something
ample and soft falling upon him-Mar-
garet's cape, which slid from the hook
after she had gone.
Enveloped in it's folds, Verman sat
up, corkscrewing his knuckles into the
corners of his eyes. Slowly he be-
came aware of two important vacuums
one in time and one in his stomach.
Hours had vanished strangely into no.
where; the game of bonded prisoner
was something cloudy and remote OF
the long, long ago, and, although Yer
man knew where he was, he had par
TALLY forgotten how he came there.
He perceived, however, that something
had gone wrong, for he was certain
that he ought not to be where he found
himself.
White folks house! The fact that
Verman could not have pronounced
these words rendered them no less
clear in his mind; they began to stir
his apprehension, and nothing becomes
more rapidly tumultuous than appre-
hension once it is stirred. That he
might possibly obtain release by max
| ing noise was too daring thought
and not even conceived, much less en-
tertained, by the little and humble Yer
| man. For, with the bewildering gap
of his slumber between him and pre-
| vious events, he did not place the re-
sponsibility for his being in white
| folks house upon the white folks who
had put him there. His state OF mind
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-03-02
1t Was Rolling GrandIy Down the Stairs.

about half the time, anyhow. No; it
couldn't possibly have had thing to
do with it. They were right there at
the table with us all the time, and
they came right straight to the table
the minute they entered the house.
Before that, they'd been over at Sans
all afternoon. So, it couldn't have
been the boys" Mrs. Schofield paused
to ruminate with little air of pride,
then added: Margaret has often
thought-oh, long before this that
she was q medium. 1 mean-if she
would let herself. So it wasn't any
thing the boys did"
Mr.. Schofield grunted.
"I'll admit this much" he said. "Tll
admit it wasn't anything We'll ever get
out of 'em."
And the remarks of Sam and Pen
rod, taking leave of each other, one
on each side of the gate, appeared to
corroborate Mr.. Schofield's opinion.
"Well, g'-night, Penrod," Sam said.
ut was pretty good Saturday, wasn't
it?"
''Fine!" said Penrod casually.
"G'-night, SAM"
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-03-02

| them. They did not mean to do the
any pain. They were above teasing
cats, and they merely detained this
one and made her feel little wet
at considerable cost to themselves
from both the ink and the cat. How
ever, at the conclusion of their eff
forts, it was thought safer to drop
the cat out of the window before any,
body came, and, after some hasty
work with blotters, the desk was
moved to cover certain sections of the
rug, and the boys repaired to the bath
room for hot water and soap. They
knew they had done nothing wrong,
but they felt easier when the only
traces remaining upon them were the
less prominent ones upon their gar
mentS.
These precautions takena it was
time for them to make their appear
ance at Penrod's house for dinner, for
it had been arranged, upon petition,
earlier in the day, that Sam should
be his friends guest for the evening
meal. Clean to the elbows and with
light hearts, they set forth. They
marched, histling-though not pro-
ducing a distinctly musical effect, since
neither had any particular air in mind
and they found nothing wrong with
the world; they had not care. Ar
rived at their adjacent destination,
they found Miss Margaret Schoield
just entering the front door.
Hurry, boys - she said. Mamma
came home long before l did, and I'm
sure dinner is waiting. Run on out
to the dining room and tell them I'll
be right down."
And as they obeyed, she mounted
the stairs, humming little tune and
christening the clasp of the long, light
blue military cape she wore. She went
to her own quiet room, lit the gas,
removed her hat, and placed it and
the cape upon the. bed; after which
she gave her hair a push, subsequent
to her scrutiny of a mirror; then, turn
ing out the light, she went as far as
the door. Being an orderly girl, she
returned to the bed and took the cape
and the hat to her clothes closet. She
opened the door of this sanctuary,
and, in the dark hung her cape upon
hook and placed her hat upon the
shelf. Then she closed the door again,
having noted nothing unusual, though
she had an impression that the place
needed airing. She decended to the
dinner table.
The other members of the family
were already occupied with the meal,
and the visitor was replying politely,
in his nonmasticatory intervals, to in
quiries concerning the health of his
relatives. So sweet and assured was
the condition of Sam and Penrod, that
Margaret's arrival from her room
meant nothing to them. Their men,
dries We're not stirred, and they con-
tinued eating, their expressions bright
ly placid.
But from out of doors there came
the sound of calling and questing
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-03-02
The Omitted Colonies"

The phrase united colonies" was
used for little while before the rev.
dictionary war began and before the
phrase United States was adopted.
The second continental congress as
sembled at Philadelphia on May 10,
1775. Independence was in the air,
but the time was not ripe for action.
The colonies were united but they
were not quite ready to call them
selves states. On June Z, congress
passed resolution that Thursday,
July 20, next, be observed throughout
the twelve united colonies as a day of
humiliation, fasting and prayer" The
resolution said twelve united colo
Mes" because Georgia was not rep
resented in that congress. A year
later congress declared the colonies
free and independent states"
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-03-02
AFTER TWO THOUSAND YEARS
Skeletons of Four of the Victims of
the Destruction of Pompeii Found
in the Ruins.

After a lapse of close upon 1000
years since the destruction of Pompeii
the skeletons of four Of the victims
have been discovered in the actual
positions in which they were over
taken by the catastrophe.
Two of the victims, apparently a
man and wife belonging to the upper
classes, had evidently been caught by
the shower of red-hot stones in the
cloister garden of their villa, and while
Fastening to seek shelter in corner
had been suddenly buried and asphyxi-
ated through the collapse Of the roof
overladen with volcanic dust, says the
London Chronicle.
The husband was found in sitting
position, with his head and back bent
forward and the legs wide apart. His
wife was standing erect Immediately
behind him. Her golden earrings were
found on level with her ears, and
there were two gold rings still on
the fingers.
A third skeleton was that of a
youth huddled with his face to hole
in the garden wall. The last of the
group, full-sized man, bent almost
double under the weight of the suffo-
eating debris, had on a finger of the
right hand an iron ring inset with a
prettily engraved cOrnelian.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-03-02

voice, at first in the distance, then
growing understanding nearer.
'Oh, Ver-er-man! O-o-o-oh, Ver-er-
ma--an!"
1t was the voice of Herman.
"Oo-o-o-o-Oh, Ver-er-er-ma-a-a-an!
And then two boys sat stricken at
that cheerful table and ceased to eat.
Recollection awoke with bang!
ooh, my!" Sam, gasped.
"What's the matter?' said Mr.. Scho-
field. Swallow something the wrong
way, Sam?"
"Ye-es, sir"
"Oo-o-oh, Ver-er-er-ma-a-anv"
And now the voice was near the
windows of the dining room.
whats the matter with you?" his
father demanded. "Sit down!'
"It's Herman-that colored boy lives
in the alley" said Penrod hoarsely.
"I-expect-I think"
"Well, what's the matter?'
II think his little brothers maybe
got lost, and Sam and better go help
look
you'll do nothing of the kind" said
Mr.. Schofeld sharply. "Sit down and
eat your dinner"
In palsy, the miserable boy re-
snmed his seat. He and Sam ex-
changed a single dumb glance; then
the eyes of both swung fearfully to
Margaret. Her appearance was one
Of sprghtly content, and, from GER
tain point of view, nothing could have
been more alarming. If she had
opened her closet door without discov-
ering Verman, that must have been
because Verman was dead and Mar
garet had failed to notice the body.
(Such were the thoughts of Penrod
and Sam.) But she might not have
opened the closet door. And whether
she had or not, Verman must still be
there, alive or dead, for if he had es-
capped he would have gone home, and
their ears would not be ringing with
the sinister and melancholy cry that
now came from the distance, "Oo-o-oh,
Ver-er-ma-an
Verman, in his seclusion, did not
hear that appeal from his brother;
there were too many walls between
them. But he was becoming impatient
for release, though, all in all, he had
not found the confinement intolerable
or even very irksolhe. His character
was philosophic, his imagination calm;
no bugaboos came to trouble him.