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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-01-03
Colonel Bids Newsy eood-By.

He was Il Of those solitary-looking
men. According to the eagle device on
his shoulders, he was q colonel in the
United States army.
He issued forth from n lunchroom on
lower Fifteenth street, and a newsboy
not w twelve, stepped up to him
with a paper. He seemed to be one Of
the kids steady customers.
The unsmiling face OF this man who
seemed alone in the world lighted up
as he saw the boy.
"Good-by, old top" he said to the
y%oungster, as he took the paper, II
won't see you envy more"
"Are you going to WARP" asked the
boy, with an anxious note in his voice.
"Yeh; in a day OF two now. Good-by,
old fellow"
The kid looked at him a minute in
silence, and said slowly:
"Good-by!"
The officer stuck the paper under his
arm and turned up Fifteenth street,
with a strange n%iistiness in his eyes.
One got the idea that there wasn't
anybody else thjtt he officer wanted
TO bid farewell.-Nxchange.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-01-03
"Fen dubs. there :"

fen uuDS, Cnefe,
"Knuckle down, now PreSyl"
"Say, Prof, how many Jaws will
you swap for my moss agate?"
These are the sporting terms in the
v%ernacular which soon may be heard
on the campus of. the University of
California, according to the San Fran
cisco Bulletin. The spectacle of q
group of bearded dignifed educators
squatting down on their "hunkers,"
while n of their number commands
their attention by the exhibition of his
skill, may be a common one.
The new course in applied science
to be Included in the curriculum en-
braces the ancient problem of the ir-
resistible force and the immovable
body. 1t has to do with the tendency
of n spherical object to impart mo-
ton by coming In violent contact with
another spherical object previously in
a state of inertia, when the first OBJ
ject is. given u certain velocity and mo-
mentum.
This is done by an intricate method
of expulsion, in which the sphere,
placed in juxtaposition OF the first and
second joint Of the thumb, is propelled
through space by a dexterous FLIP Of
the member, which previously had
been held in a condition of suppressed
energy by means OF, in%terlocking two
or more digits.
In other words, the game Of mar
bles is to be part OF the university
course. The ancient and honorable
pastirnea by which the vernal aeasen Of
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-01-03
Good Resolution Didn't Last.

When Nathaniel Ripple was just a
goungster he did very little work about
the place. III fact he didn't do any
thing. But one day, when he was al
MOST ten years of age, he decided to
take some Of the work off his mothers
shoulders. When breakfast was over
he ordered his mother to the front
porch. He was going to wash the
dishes for her. When they We're fin
ished he called her to look at them,
ana she was very much surprised. She
could hardly believe that he had done
all that work by himself. Then he
told her that he was going to wash
them for her every meal. Of course
she was glad, and she told him he
might run out and play. Him play?
Not a bit Of it. He took the broom
and swept every floor in the house.
Mrs. Ripple, who is q very truthful
woman, said that he swept them just
as good as she could have done it her
self. He then informed her that he
was going to sweep them for her every
day. That was the last time Nathaniel
ever washed the dishes or swept the
floors.-Claude Callan in Kansas City
Star.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-01-03
FLEETS OF IcEBERGs.
eomstimes They Go In Clusters and
I Again In Long Lines.

toSy NJ III SlQSESTS atG
I Again In Long Lines.
Among the perils and wonders Of the
ocean there are few more interestine
things than. icebergs, interesting not
only by reason Of their gigantic size,
their fantastic shapes, their exceeding
beauty, but also for the manner where,
In they array themselves.
Icebergs exhibit a tendency to form.
both clusters and long lines, and these
groupings may arise from the effects
both OF ocean currents and of storms.
Some very singular lines of bergs
extending for many hundreds OF miles
east Of Newfoundland, have been
shown on official charts issued BY the
government. Two of these cross each
other, each keeping on its Independent
course after the crossing. In several
instances parallel lines OF bergs leave
long spaces Of clear water between
them.
Curfously enough. while enormous
fields Of Ice invade the so called
.Asteamship lanes"sof the Atlantic at the
opening OF spring during certain years.
n other years at that season there is
comparatively little ice to be seen.
The Ice comes, Of course, from the
sedges Of the arctic regions, from the
s1cebound coasts Of Greenland and Lab
SadOr;swhers huge bergs broken from
~ 'front.' Of the glaciers at the point
leke they reach the sen, start onstheir
n 1ss9ourneys toward the south, driven
~ thlIAnGpeat current that flows from
4 4 alyinto the northern Atlantic
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-01-03

the calendar is heralded by the small
boy, has been included in the scheme
Of exercise in the gymnasium, accord
Ing to the announcement of t. L. Klee-
berger, physical director.
Not only the undergraduates, but
the instructors and professors Of the
university intend to take q course. De-
grees possibly will be awarded the
most skillful. Tt is held that the ac-
tivity necessary TO play marbles will
be beneficial to Il high measure.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-01-03
Eoresiaht.

'Tm taking lessons from a man who
teaches people how to remember"
s.sIs he pretty good?"
~ guess so, Blu, he doesn't seem to
have much confidence In his methods"
Elbow is that?s
81 notice he makes his students pay
him in advance, SO there will be no
chance for them to forget to do It at
ter they finish"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-01-03
Works o Ways.

ado you consia4f it a good idea for
q bank to send { cry depositor a state
ment once a mo4th?"
"Well, some might be glad to see
It,. Others might not like to be re-
minded so constantly of how little
money they have"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-01-03
Notice Of Hearing Admitting Foreign
Will to Probate.
of South Dakota.

91aTe OF SCUM DaKo9a'
County of Hughes. -
In the matter of the Estate of Jacob Gels, de-
ceased.
Notice is hereby given, That by order of the
undersigned, Judge Of the County Court, in and
for hughes county, state of South Dakota, made
on the 10th day of November, A. D.. 1917. that
trlaay. the l4th day of December, A. D. 1917. at
in the Court House. has been fixed and appointed
as the time and place for hearing the petition of
John j. Gels, that the viii of Jacob Gels deceased.
bate in The County Court of the County of Sew
ard in thu State of Nebraska. be admitted to pro-
bate and recorded in this said County Court, and
that letters testanlentary issue to John ]. Gels.
Witness my hand and the seal of said County
Court, this goth day of November. A. D., 1917.
NSEALl JOHN H. MCCORD,
Judge of s.iG County Court,
Attest: j. E. SLnpEE.
Clerk of said County Court.
IELL GUTHRIE. Attorney.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-01-03

directed that his weird instrument of
war be kept secret unless necessity
compelled It's use. Napier, who was
born in 1850, died In 1917.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-01-03
WHILE THE CITY BURaED.
a Strange Picture of War as Seen at
Might From a Distance.

On q perfect night, brilliantly clear
and absolutely still, what Stevenson
would call a wonderful clear night of
with a Field Ambulance at Ypres,"
determined to climb, with soine of his
companions, a hill that overlooked the
battle front. That was Il strange as
Gent, he says. For the greater part Of
the way it lay through the WOODS, and
we were continually falling over tree
trunks, tumbling into shell holes, run
ming into telephone wires and extricat
ing ourselves from barbed wire. Not
q sound was to be heard except the
croaking Of the frogs.
Suddenly we emerged from the tan
gled underground on the bare summit
Of the hill and sat down at the foot Of
the ruined tower. The scene that met
our eyes was so solemn, SO 1--WE inspir-
ing, that all conversation between us
ceased. AT our feet lay Ypres, burn
ing %furiously. The great cloud that
hung above it was now glowing as il
some vast furnace were burning in its
AA1IdolJ buG liz tiOdb itFosl% AIllitAIA "
be motionless. Now aud then great
tongues of flame would leap up from
the doomed town, but apart from them
the whole impression was one OF rest,
%immobility. We felt that we were look
ing at a painted scene or watching q
vast stage where sonle lurid Mephis-
%tOphelean drama was being enacted.
Here and there along the line a star
shell went up and, bursting, lighted the
landscape with a garish flare Over.
head were the quiet stars. Nothing
broke the quiet silence except now and
then the deep, rich, solemn boom! of
q big gun far away up north, with per.
haps an occasional crackle OF rifles
near at hand. But, as we sat, the 81
lence Of the night was broken by the
song Of a bird, faint and hesitating at
first, but gradually gathering volume,
until the whole air throbbcd with the
melody. 1t was a nightingale singing
In the wood below.
We sat on and on and on. The whole
town was glowing like the mouth OF
hell. Now and again a roof fell in, and
the great hungry tongues OF fire licked
the sky; but at our distance no sound
broke the awesome stiffness only the
song of the nightingale and the boom
Ing Of guns.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-01-03
A Riot Of Architecture In It's Jagged
Forest of Towers.

se Hg S'0oe y =
The best of New York is against the
sky. We have not an equably arrayed
town like Paris or London, with Il
tOlerably even roof line and only a few
monuments here and there Tcarine
heads above the ruck. Everything in
New York tries to be higher than ev-
erything else. The profile of the city
Is as Jagged as a second growth forest.
A city Of towers is the name that has
been used to describe Manhattan. But
It is far too polite. We are much more
like a colossal factory town with an
unending variety Of workshops topped
by the tallest Of marble chimneys.
Restlessness and activity are it's
watchwords. Even II private houses
are stood on end. a few m%illionaires
can afford to buy a block and spread
out their homes so as actually to look
rooted to the ground. The rest of the
world must live on end in IA tree house,
connected by many ladders, that might
walk off down the street at any mo-
ment. Our few monumental structures,
like the custom house and the library
and the Metropolitan museum. are sim
ply noteworthy exceptions whose pla-
cidity makes the surrounding u~pheavals
all the more turbulent.
Mere change in the manner of the
bandar log is not the real spirit of New
York's sky line, however. 1t is tur-
bu}ence with a method. Contest, rivalry.
the will to beat out ones neighbor,
stick out in every jutting c~ornice, in
every soaring tower. The brick ~facades
Of the newer dwelling houses quarrel
with each other in exactly the same
fashion. Restraint, modesty, 4 desire
to melt into the general scheme of
things, almost never occurs to owner or
architect. One of the newer houses on
Fifth avenue comes to mind, a perfect
word in dignity and restraint. 1t is al
most indecently conspicuous by reason
Of its contrast with its shouting, tenn
pestuous neighbors. -New York Trib-
une.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-01-03
Mothers Cook Book.


If your apparel speaks too loudly it will
w. Helms.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-01-03
SWEARING Off.

"I guess I'm a little too keen with
my repartee."
"Um."
$50 I'm going to quit saying cutting
things"
sThat's right. Be a reparteetotaler."
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-01-03
Prune Ice Cream.

Cover q cupful Of prunes with cold
water. and let them stand over night.
In the morning cook in the same wa
ter until soft. remove the stones and
put the fruit through astrainer. Add
a cupful of sugar, four tablespoonfuls
of lemon juice, pinch of salt and one
and a fourth cupfuls Of heavy cream,
whipped. Freeze.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-01-03

cover, or boiling water may be used.
Remove when soft and plump. Mix all
together and turn into a deep buttered
pan. Set the par in another contain
ing water and bake in a slow oven
three hours. Stir after the first half
hour to prevent the raisins from set
Ting. Turn on a serving di III and gar
nish with lemon slices or cubes of jel-
ly. serve with hard sauce.
Popular %Springtime Pastimc for Boys
to Be Taken on by University
of California.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-01-03
New ENGLAND Thanksuivinc Puddino.

Roll crackers to measure a cupful
and q fourth. Pour over them a quart
Of scaldcd milk and let stand until
cool: then add one cupful Of sugar,
four eggs lightly beaten, one-third Of
q cupful Of melted butter, a teaspoon
full Of salt and one-half a grated nut
meg. Cook a cupful and a half Of
Taisina II Just enouGh fruit juice to
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-01-03
Something Learned Every Day.

He-poor Brown! He has lost all
his money in a wildcat mining COM
pany.
She-Mercyl I didn't know you had
to mine for wild cats.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-14
THE FATHERLESS
CHILDREN OF FRANCE

Among the many grave problems
France faces today, none is more
vital TO her than the support and
maintenance of her starving chill
dren. The fathers of these children
lie dead on the many battlefields
of France. The world owes duty
to heroic, struggling, France in this
emergency and assistance is asked
of American citizens in the form
of an adoption of French child.
This means that for one year ut
the rate Of 10 cents day or $36.50
a year, it is possible for one of
these little ones to exist who other
wise might perish from the lack OF
the necessities of life. The French
government itself contributes TWEEN
ty cents day for the support of
child-but this absolutely is all it
can afford to give.
With the wonderful thrift and
for which the French are
noted, this sum, supplemented by
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-14
WHY DO COTTON
PRICES SOUTH AND
EAST VARY SO MUCH

New York, August l4.-Abnormal
war time demands Tor cotton, par
ticularly OF the higher grades, were
blamed for the disparity between
prices in the southern markets and
future quotations on the exchanges,
BY witnesses who testified at the
government inquiry into the cotton
trade Just begun here.
Several brokers told Charles a.
Brand. conducting the investigation
as chief OF the department of agri-
cultures bureau of markets, that ex-
acting army and navy specifications
have contributed towards high
prices. For articles for which i'll
private trade inferior grades are used
with complete success, the witness
said, the government departments
have required white cotton OF the
finest type.
Announcing that the investiga-
ton will not be confined to the
operations of the New York cotton
exchange, but will 60 into the entire
question of prices where cotton is
grown. milled and traded on con-
tracts for future delivery, Mr.. Brand
declared that the present difference
in rates seem to be wholly unjusti-
fled"
The bureau has conducted gen.
Grad inquiry into the sharp advance
between spot and exchange prices,
he said, and proposes to apply a
remedy. but is seeking the views of
the public and of the brokers be-
fore compiling its final report.
While admitting that Is to 20 per
cent of the trading on the New
York exchange is futures. Walter l..
Johnson president of the organiza-
ton. said it was not always possible
TO tell whether a customer was deal
ing as an actual purchaser of cot
ton or as a speculator. Sidney Y.
West of Little Rock, Arkansas. led |
The witness who laid at the door of
he government responsibility for
the high prices of delivered cot
ION. Because 60 to 65 per cent OF
he spinners are engaged on gov
,rnment contracts, he declared, an
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-14
New Wilson
MRS. ]. w. JONES.
Correspondent.

David Frazier of Ardmore, is Wis
iting Charles Dunham.
Miss Pearl Snow has returned tc
Wilson after having spent the sum
mer at Norman. She will be joinet
here in few days by her mother
and sister who also spent the sum
mer at Norman.
Mrs. Sam Worsham, Miss Anna
Rogers and Miss Edythe Harris are
visiting relatives in Texas.
Mrs. John Tidmore and daugh-
ters, Juanita, Valta and Irene, will
leave this week for visit with rela-
tives in Texas.
DIR. and Mrs. Thomas Dowdy and
daughter, left this week on an au-
tomobile trip to Colorado. From
Colorado they will motor to Roches-
ter, Mimi, where Doctor Dowdy
will take course in surgery under
the Mayo brothers.
c. G.. Dunham has returned to
Duncan after few days visit with
his family here.
Mrs. d. F.. Cantrell of Healdton
spent the first of the week here
with friends.
Joseph Moore and family of Ard
more spent Tuesday here with Mr..
and Mrs. J.. M. Moore and Mr.. and
Mrs, H. billiard.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-14

ing the waters, and renewing &C
quaintances. Professor Spindler
formerly conducted conservatory
of music in Sulphur.
Rev. John D. Salter of Hobart,
formerly presiding elder of the Ard
more District NJ. +. conference, is
here for a few weeks recuperating,
after a severe illness.
DR.. ]. NJ. Salter, specialist of this
city, has just been accepted in the
medical service of the United States
army, with the rank OF captain. His
commission has been forwarded
from Washington, and Doctor Sal
ter is holding himself in readiness
for a call at any date. Doctor Salter
thus becomes the highest ranking Of
fcer so far accepted or in the serv-
ice from this county.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-14
I'VE ARE NOT BABY
KILLERS" is U-BOAT
COMMANDERS REPORT

Boston, Mass, Aug. 1--we are
not baby killers, so don't tell any
lies about us when you reach land"
was the parting shot of the youth
full commander of a German sub
marine which sank the schooner
Kate Palmer Saturday, Captain Ed
ward Russell of the fisherman stat
ed on his arrival here today.
While aboard the submarine Cap
tain Russell said he observed the Of
ficers and men closely. All OF them
we're young. The commander was
not more than Fl and most of the
rev were below that age. They
.vidently were not familiar with the
itlantic coast and depended Who'll
y, he said, on bulky sets of charts.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-14
[Pav1ls Valley
MANILA FELTS
Correspondent and Agent

H. G.. Truitt ahd children, Joar
and Bryant. left last night for An
niston, Ala bama, for a two weeks
visit with relatives.
Miss Leona Sherril is a busines;
visitor at Duncan and other west
ern Oklahoma points, this week,
Junior Red Cross Knitting Club.
The Junior Red Cross knitting club
met atthe home of Miss Helen Pratt
yesterday afternoon at o'clock. The
time was spent in knitting. Water
melons were served. The next meet
ing will be at the house of Miss
Martha Hart.
L. c. Andrews and family left on
Monday in their car on trip to
Arkansas.
Sergt. Clyde Scott who has been
visiting home folks in Pauls Valley,
returned to his post at the War Col
lege at TT. Leavenworth, Kans.
Attorney Bob Wallace returned
Monday from Shreveport, La, where
he had been on legal business.
Marian Henderson was business
visitor at Maysvlle Monday
Miss Bernice Blackwood and Miss
Lucille Avery who have been visit
ing relatives and friends at Sulphur,
for several days, have returned. Mrs.
w. l.. Hart and Mrs. II. G.. Butt,
who accompanied them to Sulphur,
will remain there several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. n. p. Bullock and
children and Miss Mae Daniels left
yesterday to attend the Baptist as
sembly in the Arbuckle mountains.
Since the war news is getting more
every day, the people of
PaulS Valley appreciate the Ard
more than ever, as they get
the news much earlier than in any
other paper.
We would like to put all Of the
Pauls Valley news in this column.
If you have any news notes, please
phone No. 216 or leave items at the
chamber of commerce.
Mayor T. L. Keys, J. /. Wheeler
md w. B. Crump, accompanied by |
number of Wynnewood business
men, visited Pauls Valley yesterday |
lfternoon in the interest of the Will
Jams Highway which is routed
through the southern part of Gar
in County. This is one OF the pro-
,osed routes OF the Bankhead Ma
ional Highway which will be re-
iewed by the PathfinderS between
october | and December |. The Of
cials of the Pauls Valley chamber
f commerce and community league
ave hearty approval of the proposed
ighway and joined hands with
Vynnewood in promoting and Sc
uring it.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-14

SO can accept only first grade pro-
ducts, dealers found themselves un-
able to dispose. of the lower grades
Mr.. West said that the production
of low grade cotton this year was
slightly over that of the last four
years. Because of the discrimina-
ton against it by the government
authorities, he said, the market has
practically gone to pieces. This.
in his opinion, had much to do with
the existing conditions.
After its adjournment here tomor-
row, the hearing will be continued
in Boston Thursday and Friday.
Later sessions will be held in the
south.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-14

American donations will somewhere
in France save a child. The fathers
of these children died at Verdun
and the Marne.
A branch of this organization has
recently been formed in Ardmore
with Mrs. II. c. Potterf as chair
man; Mrs. Charles Won Weise, Sec
retary and Edgar Sandlin, of the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-14

First National Bank, treasurer.
These are to be assisted by the fol-
lowing: Miss Daisy Nichols. Miss
Ellen Dickson. Mrs. w. D. Potter.
Mrs. L. w, Burrow, Mrs. Max
estheimer, Mrs. c. c. Lynch and
Mrs. Erret Dunlap.
If interested in these children,
call Mrs. Potterf phone 22o.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-14

OF PaulS Valley.
Personal Mention
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. ]. Sparks. who
have been spending the summer in
Colorado. have recently purchased
summer home near Stratton Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank T. LeFlore
left Sunday on a vacation trip TO
Colorado Springs.
Mrs. Frank Emanuel, Mrs. Hugh
Cushenberry and daughter Miss
Crairene, left Colorado Springs
Sunday. motoring back to Sulphur.
and are expected to arrive here some
time this week.
Miss Corinne Parker OF Post,
Texas. is visiting relatives here. Miss
Parker is now a graduate nurse.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Cook who
have been spending the summer in
Kansas, have returned home. Their
store on West Davis avenue, which
has been closed during their absence
was reopened Monday.
Professor Spindler, of the Spind-
Ter Conservatory, of Tulsa, is spend
ing a few weeks in Sulphur, drink
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-14
When Baby Is Teething

GROVES BABY BOWEL MED
ICINE will correct the Stomach
and Bowel troubles. Perfectly harm
less. See directions on the bottle.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-14

Paraguay is republic. II has a
president, Manuel Franco: a vice
president. Jose p. Montero, and a
cabinet consisting of ministers of
foreign affairs, of war and navy. of
interior, of finance and OF justive.
sducation and culture.