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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-22

down the sides. - Yesterday.
4 French soldier came home on a
iurlough 10 see his father | gave
him cup of coffee with sugar and
he was surprised at the good coffee.
lie told me something OF the fight
ing on The Somme and how he was
wounded. There are no men here
except old men and soldiers unfit
ioI service. = : visited the Enei-
neers. who are billeted in nearby
town, yesterday -
Mr., and Mrs. X. A. Fox have re
ceived the following letter from
their son, Kenneth Fox, from san
Dorineo, y. X, who enlisted in
June, while attending the Milwau-
kee Electrical School, Milwaukee.
" IS: Our iifst mail came today. -
he writes. and | got letter from
dad written some place in Kansas.
= You did not know OF ny
change then OF maybe not even
now, as don't know where YOU
g. 'Sui man.
We have been here several days.
The trip was great. saw hundreds
OF flying fish; two monstrous sea
lions; many kinds of birds and fish
and all kinds OF shark and terrapin
which the officers would shoot with
their automatics. We stopped at
several places and had two baseball
games in Cuba. At some port in the
Dominican Republic, climbed a
large cocoanut tree and knocked
severa, down ior some OF the boys.
Bananas are sold twelve and iii
teen for 4 dime. Lines are three
cents dozen and are as large as
lemons so we have limeade all the
time. Cocoanuts are five cents each
1or real large ones. Then there are
many Kinds OF tropical fruits which
we have a chance to get as we have
liberty from 1 to - P. m, each day
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and on Sunday, Wednesday and sat
urday We get from / 10 L. p. N. oil,
The rest OF the time is hard, though,
as il is 50 blamed hot Lots OF times
| have taken oil my shirt and wruns
the sweat out vi II; thought ! would
croak, but haven't yet This Is their
summer season, too.
Wants To Go To France.
say, dad, when | enlisted they
promised me ! would go 10 France
aud now here | am down in this
neck OF the woods. An the other tel-
lows are going, Ralph, etc, and =
couple were taken out OF our bunch.
: = . Down here We have u pO-
lice the city and IN = week OF Two
We GO into the mountains TO hunt
'spicks or native re,olutionists and
highWaymen, 4 bunch is ont al
the time after them and they have
a skirmish every day OF so one lieu
tenant and three private have been
Continued on page y
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rom ArdnOre
Boys In Service

awhile and | had the pleasure OF
meeting Hep Highness, the Princess
OF 'leck, whom | figured ont as i
daughter oil the queen. She WAS
quite interesting and seemed very
much interested in our cabarets and
shows, Suggested she might come
10 Detroit or New York and see the
Cadillac, the frontenac or the httle
Italian Cafe on Wabash "
From James Frame"
Mrs. ". +. Frame has received \
letter from her son, James, l.. Com
panN MN Engineers, in which he
stated that the Americans have
dn,en the Huns back more than 100
miles in the particular section in
which he is located I'VE have
moved to better town, so think
We will he better satisfied al least
! am. W. are all well and ! am a
lat a. pig, but they are putting
Us through. We had picnic in the
United States to what We are hav-
hlS mere AIN SUN 10 20 up
close to the front lines hope il will
be soon, as ! am anxious to get
there. Ii they keep whipping
the Germans as they have in the last
few days, it viii not be long until
we will all be home"
Letters have also been received
from Corp. David Holley. and his
brother Joseph +. Holley, both oi
c Company, +th Ammunition Train,
to their mother, Mrs. NJ. f. Holley.
Sl5 Fourth avenue northwest. They
write OF having seen two Ardmore
boys, Archie Lee, who is driving Tor
major chief ambulance director
and Lawrence Twyiord. who is in
the same camp with them.
Letter From o. V. Hodges.
O. Y. Hodges, + Company, 5Oth
Engineers. whose home is at New
port. writes: Il have been in the
army nearly six months. have
been drilling hard in order to reach
the front as soon as possible was
first stationed at Camp Travis, then
sent TO Corpus Christi and then
transferred to the S0th Engineers at
Fort Never, Va, where | was as
signed to this company. like it
line and it is one OF the best regi-
ments in the American army today
Gas and Flame, they are doing
great work al the front.
Il enjoyed my trip to France. un-
I'll got on the water and was so
sick | didn't much care ii the ship
did slip. After we landed we were
on the train three days, il was some
train. too. We stopped at every |
crossing. And the train is the kind
they used when Lincoln was presi-
dent, ! told them would be will .
ing to walk back--if live to get
back
Meeting of Ledbetter Boys.
Lieut. +. p. Ledbetter OF the avia-
ton corps and Sergt. Robert Led
better OF the hospital corps, sons OF
". A. Ledbetter, OF Oklahoma City .
recently met by accident in one OF .
The large concentration camps back
of the lines in France, according TO
4 letter they wrote to their father,
cling of the meeting. With their
parents. both OF these boys made
Ardmore heir home before going to
oklahoma City.
Iohn Chaiiee, / Company. 132nd
infantry, who formerly lived in Ard
more. but who enlisted in the Hi
lois National Guard, has written
he following letters to his wife and
Mother Your letter OF July Sth
vas received sometime ago, but !
lave been on the go SO much |
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have not answered il. ''r suppose
you have been worrying about me
since ! wrote thar We were going 10
the trenches. We put in tour days
and came back 10 camp. Was in
camp just long enough 10 get bati,
and clean up when We moved up
again.
The last time | was not SO tor-
tunate We had some gas 70 bother
about and II got little the best OF
me. am now in the hospital Tor
bit oi treatment Expect 10 be
out in l lew days.
There is no cause Tor YOU 10
worry as | was only very slightly
gasscd and II only affected nay eyes,
which, thanks TO prompt and good
treatment, are now as good Is ever.
We had quiIe An exciting time
OF it, but did not have l go al Fritz
Is We had expected. He backed out
from IN front OF Us and ! went out
with 4 patrol to Try and locate him.
/ strung nay telephone line and took
my phone with me, but the best part
OF the work came when ! went back
over my line and repaired 1t where
il had been cut by shell fire.
You notice say my line. 1t
was truly mine. l constructed, main
tanned and operated it. Tell
the boys to hurry up or the big show
will be over before they get here y
To his mother he also wrote assur-
ance Of his being all right and says,
The thing ! hate the worst is, the
loss VI my personal property. Some
where between the front and the
hospital my equipment went astray
with all my belongings. All | have
left is my writing material and let
ters which had in my pocket at the
time. Ii am here for the winter |
would like to get few socks, sweat
er and helmet, but as things are 50
uncertain, there is no use trying to
get them over now.
You have probably received word
by wspaper or through the gov
ernmcnt OF my being gassed, but
don't take those things too much to
heart. for ii is not hall as bad as 1t
is sometimes made out to be. l am
now considered as casualty with
my old company. SO il you receiv,
word to that effect YOU will know
what il is.
Il expect to go back into the line
sometime soon, but don't know il !
will get back TO the old company. II
You have been keeping up on the
push YOU have probably heard OF
us. We have been up around At
bert for quite awhile. Am now IN
Bologne but not for long
From Earl X. Hignight.
Sergt. Earl X Hignight, + Com
panv l42nd Infantry, writes IN 4
letter to his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
W. K. Hignight, that I'VE are rest
ing in a village somewhere in
France. Somewhere is an awful big
c,.u Thic i the most -heautiful |
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y SO "'' -'Fff
33eth Infantry, with the
rican Expeditionary Forces,
rrly teacher in .Ardmore High
ol has written the following
to c, ". Richards, superin-
|nt OF The city school Here
re again in one of the most
|iful spots in all England and
{ OF her Oldest military camps.
have been here lor several
5 now going through = very
nous course ot training and
(ping our organization tor lts
9 iinaton overseas. We eX-
70 b X u the front before many
Ieel that We will be able
tagS somewhat interesting
tQr the boche,. In any event,
aye been training long enough
so tha, We ieel that j, is high
10 GET into this affair before
comrade. over there rush it
Ugh.
ur camp is located not lar from
on, consequently we have
time Tor one or two trips to
metropolis. 1t is a wonderful
but quite different from our
rican ones. Also il Is very
and dull At present and has
for ONE time. due to the war,
purse. However our visit was
bf curiosity and We certainly en-
the historic sights, such as
lon Tower, The Abbey, etc. |
id the Temple. the famous court
ngland, where all lawyers, old
Young, begin their practice. 1t
very interesting sight, espec-
SO to lawyer. Not far from
| had dinner one evening with
ung barriSter at quaint old
''I'ee NiI
| ;nA ofi EIaet street and is
- an accourt of The TACT that
| bera that Charles Dickens and
|or Iobnson msed to visit and
|, of tbe;r .csnA. IN their nov
|ers I,id IN and about the Mace /
|ol.ad ~ ~. ,ary mnch ike , /
|, nII h,r Lrt nc everything
for ,r,d;t;on aver here il i still |
rta Mace Tbere are GREAT
na,.,r;otions and ,yr;tinqs
.I,Il. and ,,,;nscoatin@s
w. ,Sa,, ar,bors and ;,doinr
na - D;cLan.' ramarls
a,,,a .'.,, .orr,, to cav tbatT
H.. n-a Ln ,,ead 10 have other
.' to~ ,.;,;t;nu ,ho nIaca than
nerbans tha ale mr.
we i,a,. t,ann .o,ne,,bat of
,,,,a,,,o,+ ,nar ior linn
@'''N '''('''
isit With Empress Eugene.
lndav last had 4 most inter-
Q visit and tea at the palace of
Empress Eugene, eN-queen of
lee, and the vile OF Napoleon
Third. She is a very old lady,
y-three years OF age-yet she
most remarkably active and keen
an. She was very much inter
in America and her army and
thousands Of Others over here
ed to know all about our won
! Indians! She said that she
)een told the Indians could see
hundred miles or more and
almost that far. | told her that
nlv ones | had every seen there
klahoma were not quite that
and if they had ever been cap
OF such remarkable feats, it
have been when they were
fed up on bootleg soda water |
then they could the voces OF :
ancestors calling them. at least
thought they could. The en-
speaks excellent English and |
roughly enjoyed the occasion. /
: there we visited the mauso- \
of her only son, Victor, who \
illed in the Zula wars when but
OF fourteen years. His death
lutte tragic; he had gone with
,ther to the wars down there
nth Africa, and during one OF
the little prince 5 \
and was surprised by a horde H
lus. The prince remained un- II
nv one OF his men had escaped II
len turned to mount his horse. II
grasped the saddle to mount \
D gave way and his horse H
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From Earl X. Hignight.

Sergt. Earl X. Hignight, /. Com
panv l42nd Infantry, writes in 4
letter to his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
W. K. Hignight, that I'VE are rest
ing in village somewhere in
France. Somewhere is an awful big
town. This is the most beautiful
country I've ever seen. The people
farm on top Of the mountains and
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-22
Field Day Contests.

|ednesday OF thi. week We had
field day in competition with
ROYAL Guards, stationed near
II was a big holiday affair
|ll and was. quite successful.
tack team did itself proud, in
I've call the American events,
as the dashes, sprints, jumps,
but, etc, and carried of one
wo in all Of them. As usual
the meet was about hall COM
we had to have time out for
hour in order to repair to the
b. Ateal Can you ever i'm
Z ing like that in the
Well We "tesed" srnur7d !
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-09-20
ADDED TO NATIONS WEALTH
Home Gardens Have Been Of Great
BENEFIT Both to the Country and
to Communities.

The campaign so p~ersistently con
Quoted last spring and summer to en-
list families in the home garden move
ment can be said to have been an ex-
t%raOrdinary success. The estimate that
$35O,OOO.OOO worth Of produce has been
raised in war gardens in the United
States this year and that housewives
have canned at least AGO, 100000 jars
Of vegetables and fruits Is impressive.
The figures, Of course, cannot be any
where near exact, but there can be no
question that the total amount OF food
stuffs produced has been enormous,
and they are probably not excessive.
All Of 1t was a clear addition to the
wealth and resources Of the nation.
Thus, labor and land that had for
merly gone unused brought practi-
cal benefit to the labOrer and the ma.
ton. The investment has paid SO
we'll that 1t ought to be repeated on
a more extensive scale next year. Hun.
dreds of families who never had a gar.
den before have enjoyed fresh vege-
tables from their home yards this sum-
mer. Many Of them have learned some
thing of the art of gardening and have
become keenly interested In 1t. All
have benefited physically from inter-
estlng work In the open air.
These need not be advised to plan
for a bigger garden next year. But
those who, through representation and
Incidence, failed to realize the profits
of gardening this year should start
making plans for next spring now.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-09-20
Garden SprinkIinq Harmful.

Watering a plant or a garden space
by sprinkling is usually more harmful
than helpful. inasmuch as 1t induces
the growth. up in the moistened area,
Of fine feeding rOotlets that should be
deep In the ground, says Woman's
Home Companion. These. reaching in
a network lear the surface for the
moisture, find themselves exposed to
the fierce and baking heat Of midsum-
mer whenever the moisture dries out,
and dry out 1t will. They are unable
to bear this scOrching, being extremely
tender and demanding cool earth
around them, and the result is either
death to the plant or so weakened and
miserable a condition that 1t might as
well die.
This surface watering by a hose or
hand bears no relation, of course, to
a thorough saturation as a system Of
irrigation makes possible. But unless
such a system is installed, 1 would
urge every gardener in the country to
pin his faith to the c%ultivator and his
W industry Herewith, rather than
to any method Of watering By hand.
Certain things may be "watered in"
when transplanting; but otherwise,
eschew the hose and watering can.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-09-20

Is Of more Importance than a low tenn.
perature. With apples. which is the
crop usually held In storage. 1t Is de-
sirable that the fruit reach an ad-
vanced state Of maturity upon the tree.
but that the ripening process be check.
ed Immediately when the fruit Is
placed In storage. This sudden check
cannot be effected In ordinary storage
at picking time. 1t is therefore neces-
sary that the storage house be prOvid-
ell with means Of reducing the temper
ature to the required point and hold
ing 1t there until natural conditions
permit the introduction Of cold air
from the outside.
Several systems have been used for
accomplishing this result. The simplest
Is to build the ice house as a twO-stOry
structure and to store the ice above
and the fruit below. The ice may be
stored Mt harvest time in an ice house
or in an ice chamber arranged owe the
room in which the fruit Is to be held,
or the place may be simply a tempo
rary storer0Om to which the ice is
transferred at the time the fruit Is
stored. Both these plans have been
followed. but the one to be used in
any particular instance will depend
upon the cost of handling the ice and
the certainty of the fruit harvest.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-09-20

season OF the year when the table
should be supplied with fresh meats.
Not only Is ice appreciated because OF
its use in the preservation of fresh
meats, butter and other table supplies,
but the production of high-grade do
nestle dairy products Is almost impOs-
sible without it. Many markets to
which milk is now shipped demand
that it be cooled before shipment to a
degree not attainable without the use
Of ice.
Ice Is one of those luXuries which
in many sections of the country can
be had for the gathering. The cost Of
harvesting and storing it is not great,
as compared with the comfort that it
brings.
Since ice at best is a highly perishable
product, requiring special equipment
for Its preservation, such natural ad.
vantages as are offered by shade and
exposure should be taken advantage of
In locating an ice house. A shady sit
uatiOn with a northern exposure has
II ueClutu duNuIltuke as IL iocdtlOl LUZ
such a building.
Three Types Of Ice Houses.
In general design ice houses are of
three types: az Those built entirely
above ground; (2) those built partly
above and partly underground. and (3)
those of the cellar type, built entirely
below ground. The above-grOund is
by far the most common of these
types.
The advantages and disadvantages
of these three types may be briefly
stated as follows: Ab%Ove-grOund
houses can, as a rule. be more nOm
ically constructed than either of the
other designs. Excavations are expen-
sive to make and difficult to insulate
and drain properly. Insulation and
drainage are W of the most impOr-
tant factors in the preservation Of ice.
1t is true that the temperature of the
earth varies less than that of the air,
out the fact that the temperature of
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-09-20
HOME ~
TOWN -
PRACTICAL CLEANUP DAY
How the People Of IN Iowa Town I'm.
proved the Roads Leading Into
the Place.
In Farm and FIreside a write

In Farm and Fireside a writer
says:
"When the town Of Mitchellville
Ia, with a population of 900, decid'
ed On a general cleanup, a woman
o in meeting and promised the
help Of the women In every way pos.
sible. She suggested that perhaps
about all they could do would be to
cook a picnic dinner. Whereupon one
man arose and gave it as his opinion
that inasmuch as Iowa was in a fair
way to have equal suffrage shortly
and the Mitchellville women had been
lnslstent upon it, he, for one. thought
the women ought to work alongside
the men on cleanup day. And work
they did!
"While other towns were content,
on such occasions, to remove the un-
slightly ash heaps that disfgured back
yards and otherwise make more pre-
sentable the general municipal APP
pearance, the Mitchellville workers
decided there was no reason why every
able-bodied man and woman should
not put In ten good. solid hours work
on the roads leading into the town.
"Roads, they argued, were a coun-
try towns principal asset, as with
out them the country trade. which
kept the town prosperous, was not
forthcoming. What II there were
an ash heap left at night, would 1t
not be better to have a few miles
Of good roadway all completed. SC the
farmers could come in with produce
and go back with their wagons and
automobiles filled with all sorts of
store goods?
$50 men and m alike Of
Mitchellville worked all day long.
though the sun was hot and the work
was hard. Today the Mitchellville
speedway. six miles long. is a monu-
ment to the efforts Of the men and
women Of Mitchellville who decided
that a cleanup day should mean some
thing more than just idle talk and
newspaper publicity"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-09-20
RUST IS AN ENEMY TO TIRES
Rims Should Be Carefully Cleaned
With Emery and Japanned to
Prevent Deterioration.

It will pay the motorist to inspect
occasionally the condition of the rims
on the wheels Of his car, especially II
the outer surfaces Of the castings near
the beads look rusty.
This dlscoloration Is rust caused by
rusted rims, and rust II not arrested
will gradually eat through the rubber,
attacking the canvas of the tire. In
time the edges of the rusted rims will
become more and more uneven, tearing
and eventually destroying the beads.
Furthermore, rust works In between
the beads and the rims, leaving space
for water, which also damages the rub
Der.
To rem0ve rust from a rim, the tire
should be taken off and the rusty parts
rubbed clean with coarse emery paper.
Then smooth the surface with finer
emery paper and re-japan the rim, ap-
plying one coat to the outside and two
to the inside. making sure first that
the surface is smooth and free from
rust.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-09-20

through Asia, Mr.. Andrews probably
knows. As to their exact status, he
continues:
with the familiar European cha
mOis, the Asiatic sorrows and takins
and the sturdy American Rocky noun
tain goat, gorals form a group which
represents an intermediate stage be-
tween the true goats and the antelopes.
They are about the same size as the
chamois and have similar habits. The
plucky little brutes r splendid game
animals. inspiring the sportsman with
admiration, besides leading him over
peaks which try his nerve to the ut.
most"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-09-20

lack of English. Hunt went afoOt to
the top of a peak sightseeing. He did
not know that a plant on the mountain
slopes closely resembling heather is
very slippery. Putting too much trust
in his army brOgans he fell and went
sliding down the mOuntainside.
II should judge" he says. shat
had covered half the distance down the
greasy slope when a kindly tree
brought a stop to the c
when l opened my eyes. a half
score Of Frenchmen were scrambling
toward me, jabbering and suffering.
running and climbing as fast as the
grass would permit. and Il few added
TO the horror Of the situation by yell
ing: III est mort! II est mort II est
mort!
soul. Oui" muttered, sitting I'D
and gazing around, believing they were
inquiring as to whether l was still In
good health. 'Oui! Oui!
"The good men helped me to my
feet and left, wondering. 1 believe. at
the wonderful constitution of the
American soldier.
"Since my arrival at camp l have
made some research into the French
language. especially in regard to the
three words. III est mort and l add
that this is the first time as far back
MS I can remember when have hpen
taken for a dead one"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-09-20
ICE HOUSE FOUND
0FVALUE0 FARMS
Preserves Fresh Meats, Butter
and Other Supplies.
COST OF BUILDING SMALL
Design Shows Combined Ice and Milk
House In Which Dairy Products
Can BE Handled to
Advantage.
BY WILLIAM A. RADFoRD.

Mr.. William A. Radtord will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building work on the farm, for
the readers of this paper. On account Of
his wide experience as Editor. Author and
Manufacturer. he is, without doubt. the
highest authority on all these subjects.
Address all inquiries to William A. Rad
ford, No. 1927 Prairie avenue Chicago,
Ill.,. and only inclose three-cent stamp for
reply.
An ample supply of ice is Of greater
economic Importance in the country
home than In the city residence. City
people can purchase perishable sup
plies as needed, but the remoteness Of
country homes from markets often rem
ders it necessary to use canned, corned
or smoked meat products during the
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-09-20
MAKING GOOD crust JOINT"
Directions Given for Making Reason.
ably Satisfactory Job Where
Welding 10 Not Possible.

1t Is possible to make a fairly salts
factory repair Of a cracked water
jacket or Of a fault in a casting, by
what is known as a rust Joint" To
perform this operation take ten parts
OF fine Iron filings, one part of sal
ammOniac, and a half part of flowers of
sulphur; mix all these ingredients
Into paste with water and apply to
the fracture, allowing the compound
to become hard. OF course the ideal
repair for this sort of thing Is weld.
ing, but this operation Is not always
possible and the above makes a rea.
sonably satisfactory temporary repair.